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   "abstract": "This book and this synthesis address the pressing need for better management of\u00a0coastal wetlands\u00a0worldwide because these\u00a0wetlands\u00a0are disappearing at an alarming rate; in some countries the loss is 70%\u201380% in the last 50\u00a0years. Managing requires understanding. Although our understanding of the functioning of coastal wetland ecosystems has grown rapidly over the past decade, still much remains to be learned and understood. We have gained insight into the roles of\u00a0geomorphic processes, hydrologic dynamics, biotic feedback, and disturbance agents in creating and molding a variety of coastal wetland ecosystems across climatic gradients. The variety is expressed not so much in the more obvious differences in\u00a0vegetation cover, but rather how physical processes both facilitate and constrain a diversity of plant and\u00a0animal communities. At one level, coastal wetlands are the product of tidal forces and\u00a0freshwater inputs\u00a0at the margin of continents. At another level, the plants control the\u00a0water currents\u00a0in the tidal creeks draining the wetlands by generating a\u00a0tidal current\u00a0asymmetry that controls\u00a0sediment transport\u00a0and results in a deep tidal creek surrounded by shallow vegetated wetlands. The vegetation also influences the physics of water and sediment through several other processes including\u00a0biofilms,\u00a0bioturbation\u00a0of sediments, the buffeting of currents and waves, organic enrichment of sediments, and the closing of nutrient cycles. Few ecosystems provide us with so many clear examples of such\u00a0feedback controls. What we do understand about the structure and functioning of coastal wetlands should provide the theoretical underpinnings for effective management in protecting them for their many contributions to ecosystem goods and services. What we do not understand should compel us to focus our attention and energies toward seeking optimal solutions to some of the most perplexing and urgent problems facing\u00a0natural resource management.",
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