Marine riparian vegetation communities of Puget Sound
By: James S. Brennan.
Contributors: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Seattle District.; Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership.
Series: Valued ecosystem components report series; Technical report -- 2007-02; Technical report (Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership) -- 2007-02.
Publisher: Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Seattle, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Riparian plants -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound Watershed; Riparian ecology -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound Watershed; Coastal plants -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound; Coastal ecology -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound; Shorelines -- Environmental aspects -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound
Description: Coastal vegetation on backshore areas, banks, and bluffs help stabilize the soil, control pollution entering marine waters, provide fish and wildlife habitat, and modify stressful physical conditions along shorelines.
Notes: Cover title.

"Prepared in support of the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-18).

Also available on the Internet.