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Salt Marsh Tide Sequence

July 18, 2015 by Christopher Green

The ebb and flow of tides defines the rhythm of life in a salt marsh. Twice a day, a rush of salt water brings nutrients, sediments, and a whole host of organisms into the marsh. Most of the visitors come to feed. On occasion, a diamondback terrapin swims in during nesting season on her way to a dry nesting site in the low uplands bordering the marsh. When the tide ebbs away, the full-time residents of the marsh resume their low-tide activities. Note the scuttling fiddler crabs in the foreground of this time-lapse sequence made in a Wellfleet salt marsh two years ago today. For more information about estuaries and salt marshes on Cape Cod, visit: https://www.nps.gov/caco/learn/nature/estuaries-and-salt-marshes.htm#FindYourPark #NatureAtWork #NPS101

Posted by Cape Cod National Seashore on Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Filed Under: CACO NRMS, Science Communication Tagged With: GoPro, salt marsh, time lapse, video

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