Fig. 9. The low elevations of island 3 (transect 14 in foreground; transect 15 in background). By 1988, the surviving vegetation (Carex lyngbyei) only occurred on the higher elevation points of the transects By 1994, no vascular plant vegetation could be found. The higher inundating water salinity and longer inundation periods on these two low-elevation transects contributed to the failure of the vegetation growth. The pilings shown in the 1988 figure were cut and removed as part of a general clean-up of the estuary.