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Camprebew he Plain C aasila] Mao agemein 1 Elimieml <br />8pleciies ricisiding in the high salt marsh) arei influenced bM lhlei frciqucncyj and ranger of tidcis, salinity, <br />nutrients, soils, oxygen, micaio iielieif, substiatci, storms, finers, cubings, dik:inlgs, gra2iingsi and <br />ditahings. The typicia; ground comers species include: smaalh cawidgiass, saltWart, g wiswart, salt <br />grass; seia dais{ and other) salt loletiant megelatian, with isalatcid to densci mangrovmea triciei grpv,lhl. <br />• Mangipme Swamp <br />Thea high salla marsh tranasconids into inteirtida l mangipue swamps. 'This m.ixtura ofhabil at cc ns:ists of <br />smooth) aord grass and read mangrpmes. Typicial mangipue swamps consaisl of reed, whitci and bl ackl <br />mangi pva stands thlal damir.iaate thea caowd al fr..'nges abome the Mean High Waler Linei (MHWL) dawn <br />to thea IRL. <br />BM absoiibinig mast of thea wane cneilgy of storm eiveanits, mangipuesa hleilp stabilizci thea shored-inc and <br />reduce enosioni. Curieaiaaly, the degipci of praleiction :is rcaughly piloporticanal to lbe widlh of thle <br />mangrome zone. While r.iarrow ftingirngl foriests offer minimal prcaleclioni, eaxtensime stands piiemenit <br />wave damaage and mdumi f. and dcistrucation by dammirigb rcitainir.ig and filltearingl f. and waled. <br />Mangi pvasa area a criticaall fixturea ir.i lhlei inteartk al community. To some degrm, many] cammencdal sport <br />f nflshl and shlellIfisah are dependent upon thle mangipuesa's nutrient base - mangrome detriitus and leaf <br />littor. Liki all wel land caommunitieis occupying the lark -waleui tiansaition, :idartidal mangipveisa are <br />cixtreme]31 maluable fisah and wildlife habitat. <br />• Mcasquito Impoundmarits <br />Irl )Ilea caoastall nand, most salt- maxih mosquitoes a iie ofllhea geanaus ,� i &s. Thease mosquitoes lays thcii i <br />eggsa can damap, organic sail, wheaiie thle marsh) iso genearalllyl lacldinglmegeatatiw caoveii, but nawrl oni fresahl <br />water. Over a peariod of semerial days, the larva fullyi c eaualop willhin the egg and hlalcahl fo: lowing a <br />flood eavent. Lnflcacaded, thea larva can saurvivci foil mianths without hlallcahing. <br />If an a iiea is fl aadcid bM dailyt tides, mosaquito eaggs caannot prcaparIM c eauedop. Cptimal caor.id itionsa fors <br />prioduc:ing mosquitoesa invio: vie periicidica tidal f.laodingp of the high salt marshl and rcatention of water) <br />within natuilal depncissaions foil seavealal dayp. Pliiementican of mosquito piioducat:ican :in thea high salt <br />rniansh is mlada possible by altering thea water) leaved of the manshl to prohlibil standing water) from <br />setil:ing foil more thlan twlo ar thilee daNi. 'Wis can ba acacomplishled by ditching ori flooding. <br />Tiiadil ional maiishl managament techniques inicorpotatci the usaa of impoundments to maintain the <br />wateri lure] abode thle MHWL. <br />Anathm poplular method of mosquito conittiol uses aro opleni-marshl watear arena lhlat isa connecated to a <br />saystam cafl plonds and orpri chlanneils, wbichl provtidci habitats foci mosquilla-coating fisahl, such ase <br />mosquito fish and kil ] ifisihl. Whiled m asst masiquita impoundments wme crciatuad c acac eisa ago, thea fbcausa <br />C omm unity Deivedupmif mil Df ipaimm Emil h idlian RiNicr C ciunt31 E <br />