Wetland
restoration is the reestablishment of the same type of wetland that historically
existed in a given location. It has become a key tool for improving the habitat
quality of estuarine ecosystems. In recent years, restoration and creation have
become standard mitigation measures to compensate for wetland loss. Small
estuaries are acutely vulnerable to the effects of habitat loss because they are
unable to absorb the mounting damage. Channelising, diking draining, dredging
filling and other alterations have converted estuaries and their wetlands to
human uses. Wetland alterations like diking and draining of tidal marshes are
potentially reversible. The goal of ecological wetland restoration is to
re-establish vital wetland functions that improve the quality of degraded
ecosystem. Coastal wetland provide important ecological; functions and services
to estuarine ecosystems and organisms. Common coastal wetland functions include
provision of fish and wildlife habitat, protection from shoreline erosion and
storm damage and water quality maintenance.
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