a Urban developers often destroy coastal marshes to build marinas or homes, but citizens near this marsh in Orange County, California, have recognized its natural value and have set it aside as a marine preserve. b Snails (genus Cerithidea) in an estuary search the surface mud for food. Figure 16.10 An estuarine marsh. Tom Garrison Tom Garrison

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