Table of Contents
Preface 7
1 Introduction 12
2 Far from the shore 34
3 On the wind 58
4 In the Highlands 66
5 Atlantic gateway 88
6 The merse of the Solway Firth 106
7 Bae Ceredigion 124
8 Genesis of the Humber 136
9 Seawalls and the Severn 150
10 Capital marsh country 172
11 The legacy of the Solent's saltworks 190
12 Southampton's Spartinas 200
13 Conservation before conservationists 220
14 The advent of nature conservation 232
15 Modest proposals 242
16 The rise of regulation 260
17 International perspectives 286
18 Invasive and non-native species 296
19 Conservation in practice 308
20 Rejuvenation 328
21 Time and tide 342
Appendix A A provisional inventory of inland saltmarshes in Britain 346
Appendix B Special Areas of Conservation in Britain supporting saltmarsh habitats 355
References and further reading 361
Species names 368
Illustration credits 372
Index 374