Human Threats To Salt Marshes. 1 help coastal managers identify and ameliorate anthropogenic threats to salt marshes and 2 provide a model for identifying the causes and consequences of human activities to the structure and function of shoreline communities. Human Impacts on Salt Marshes.
Among the many threats that salt marshes are facing those relative to climate changes effects such as increasing temperatures and enhanced SLR are by far the most worrying mainly because they act on a global scale in unprecedented ways and therefore require recovery actions that are effective only if defined and put into practice under a worldwide acceptance. By Abbie Infusino Mike Meredith. Over half of the nations people now live and work within coastal counties.
Unfortunately much damage has already been done.
Two of the biggest threats are urban development and agricultural practices. Review we evaluate and summarize multiple human threats to marshes in a historical context. So obviously if youre losing your salt marsh youre losing that protective buffer. 1 help coastal managers identify and ameliorate anthropogenic threats to salt marshes and 2 provide a model for identifying the causes and consequences of human activities to the structure and function of shoreline communities.
