... residential and industrial land uses interspersed among expanses of landlls, marsh grass elds, tidal wetlands creeks, mudats, and rivers (Figure 3.1). There are approximately Band 32 Band 17Band ... Imagery 23 34 km 2 of wetlands and open water within the Meadowlands, and 12 km 2 of salt marsh vegetation including high marsh species Patens (Spartina patens) and Dis-tichlis (Distichlis spicata), ... signicant ecological benets (Ko and Day 20 04). Salt marshes provide habitats for a wide vari-ety of sh and wildlife, and help maintain coastal water quality by acting as lters and scrubbers...