PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 2005

Benthic Communities in Spartina alterniflora- and Phragmites australis-Dominated Salt Marshes in the Hackensack Meadowlands, New Jersey

Figure 5

Mean percentage of silt (horizontal lines), sand (dotted pattern), and clay (vertical lines) at the creek bank and edge of the vegetation habitats of the Sawmill Creek natural sites. Samples were taken at Sawmill Creek—<i>Spartina alterniflora</i> (S) and Sawmill Creek—<i>Phragmites australis</i> (P) during September 1999.

Figure 5: Mean percentage of silt (horizontal lines), sand (dotted pattern), and clay (vertical lines) at the creek bank and edge of the vegetation habitats of the Sawmill Creek natural sites. Samples were taken at Sawmill Creek—Spartina alterniflora (S) and Sawmill Creek—Phragmites australis (P) during September 1999.