124 Climate Management Issues
in the wetlands, which do not contain salty water, are not accustomed to
salt, the salty ocean water would kill them. Because wetlands provide habitat
for wildlife, including several migrating birds, this would also destroy their
habitat.
The areas that would be hardest hit are those where species cannot migrate
inland because urbanization has resulted in building right up to the shore-
line, effectively removing any possible potential wetland habitat. This pre-
sents a serious impact to the environment because wetlands are an important
part of the biological productivity of coastal systems. Marshes provide many
critical services; they function not only as habitats for wildlife but as nurser-
ies for breeding and ...