Water
Salt-marsh protection in the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea area
Basic principles, objectives and implementation
The Wadden Sea is a habitat in the transition zone between land and sea. The physicochemical environmental conditions prevailing in this zone are subject to strong variations, caused by the perpetual alternation of low tide and high tide, high temperatures in the summer and, in some years, ice formation in the winter, as well as variations in the salinity. The species living in these tidal flats are specially adapted to these conditions.