Responses of estuaries to natural and ... - University of Hull

Land Claim – still
occurring: Encroachment
Pressures in the Thames
Estuary
Marginal habitats provide:
(a) specialized refuge and feeding grounds
for juvenile fish, hence loss of these
habitats reduces the carrying capacity of
the estuary,
(b) migration routes during STST and a
continuous foreshore is vital for these
migrations.
(Ackn. Dr S Colclough, Env. Agency)