Tillamook Bay tidal wetlands
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Tillamook Bay tidal wetlands are a complex of coastal marshes and intertidal habitats in northwestern Oregon that provide critical nursery grounds for fish and wildlife while buffering the bay from flooding and pollution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tillamook Bay tidal wetlands canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal marsh system
ⓘ
tidal wetland complex ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tillamook Bay National Estuary Project
ⓘ
restoration projects in Tillamook Bay ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
agricultural lands around Tillamook Bay
ⓘ
forested uplands of the Oregon Coast Range ⓘ |
| ecoregion | Pacific Northwest coastal estuaries ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | Tillamook Bay watershed ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
buffering Tillamook Bay from flooding
ⓘ
buffering Tillamook Bay from pollution ⓘ |
| hasHabitatType |
brackish marsh
ⓘ
coastal marsh ⓘ intertidal mudflat ⓘ salt marsh ⓘ |
| hasHydrology | tidally influenced ⓘ |
| hasManagementConcern |
climate change adaptation
ⓘ
salmon recovery ⓘ water quality protection ⓘ |
| hasTidalRange | mesotidal ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pacific Ocean tides
ⓘ
freshwater inflows from Tillamook Bay tributaries ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tillamook Bay
ⓘ
Tillamook County, Oregon ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Northwestern Oregon ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Oregon
|
| partOf |
Oregon Coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Oregon Coast ecoregion
Tillamook Bay estuary ⓘ |
| providesEcosystemService |
carbon sequestration
ⓘ
flood attenuation ⓘ nursery habitat for fish ⓘ nursery habitat for wildlife ⓘ pollution buffering ⓘ shoreline stabilization ⓘ water quality improvement ⓘ |
| supportsSpeciesGroup |
estuarine fish
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ juvenile salmon ⓘ shorebirds ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
diking and drainage
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ polluted runoff ⓘ sea level rise ⓘ |
| usedFor |
environmental education
ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ wildlife observation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.