Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp

Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp – Dry phase

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During dry times more water can leave the wetland (through evaporation, recharge of groundwater and/ or transpiration of plants) than enters the wetland. This causes the wetland to progressively dry, sometimes completely, while others dry up to a refuge pool, or a series of refuge pools. The drying process can have implications for water quality, by concentrating solutes and sediments in the water. Water quality and quantity changes impact the wetland’s flora and fauna species to varying degrees and they typically have adaptations to survive or escape these conditions until water returns to the wetland, starting the cycle again.

Last updated: 22 March 2013