Are Salt Marsh Pools Suitable Sites for Restoration? by Joseph Smith and Larry Niles

Tidal marsh function and ecological integrity are influenced by an array of direct and indirect stressors. At the same time these marshes are responding to accelerated sea level rise. Alone or in interaction these stressors can contribute to marsh degradation and potentially reduce the resilience of marshes to sea level rise. Agencies and conservation organizations have acknowledged both the importance of marshes and the threat they face through the conservation and protection of marshes and, more recently, by investing in restoration.