Semi-quantitative models developed for tidal fringe wetlands. These models are available in a report by Shafer and Yozzo (1998).
Tidal nutrient and organic carbon exchange - the ability of a wetland to import and export nutrients and organic carbon.
Sediment deposition - deposition and retention of inorganic and organic particulates from the water column.
Maintenance of characteristic plant community composition and structure - the ability of a wetland to support a native plant community of characteristic species composition and structure.
Resident nekton utilization - describes potential utilization of the wetland by resident fishes and macrocrustaceans.
Nonresident nekton utilization - describes potential utilization of the wetland by resident fishes and macrocrustaceans.
Nekton prey pool - describes the potential for the wetland to produce and maintain a characteristic benthic and epibenthic invertebrate prey pool.
Wildlife habitat utilization - describes potential utilization of the wetland by resident and migratory avifauna, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals.
