Assertion: salt marsh | /r/CapableOf | provide nursery
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text: Beyond their biological importance, salt marshes help to protect our shorelines from erosion, provide a nursery and feeding ground for 70 percent of Florida's commercially valuable fisheries (fish, shellfish) and improve water quality by filtering excess nutrients and pollutants which enter our watershed from land-based runoff.
text: Salt marshes and tidal creeks provide us with a wealth of benefits, referred to as ecosystem services, including maintaining healthy water, protecting us from flooding and erosion, providing nursery and essential habitat for commercial and recreational fisheries, and supporting recreational activities that have become part of the coastal lifestyle.