Table 1. Mean elevation (ACD is above chart datum), treatments, and inundating water salinities of permanent transects on marsh transplant islands in the Campbell River estuary, British Columbia.


Transect
Elevation
(m ACD);
mean (1 SD)

Treatment
Water column
surface salinity
(‰)
Water column
bottom salinity
(‰)





Island 1




   1
3.06 (0.06)
unplanted


   2
3.14 (0.09)
planted, 1 m2
5
5
   3
3.36 (0.01)
unplanted


   4
3.25 (0.08)
planted, 1 m2
4
6
   5
3.15 (0.06)
unplanted


   6
3.08 (0.09)
planted, 0.5 m2
3
13





Island 2




   7
2.89 (0.08)
unplanted


   8
3.08 (0.09)
planted, 1 m2
3
3
   9
3.09 (0.02)
planted, 0.5 m2
4
9





Island 3




   10
3.96 (0.58)
unplanted


   11
4.19 (0.08)
unplanted


   12
3.05 (0.15)
planted, 0.5 m2
5
13
   13
2.59 (0.32)
unplanted


   14
2.45 (0.23)
planted, 0.5 m2
5
25
   15
2.48 (0.14)
planted, 0.5 m2
5
24





Island 4




   16
3.17 (0.12)
planted, 0.5 m2
4
7
   17
2.85 (0.09)
unplanted


   18
2.94 (0.16)
planted, 0.5 m2
5
5
   19
2.96 (0.13)
unplanted


   20
2.74 (0.13)
planted, 1 m2
5
14





Nunn’s Island




   21
2.91 (0.14)
low marsh
4
6
   22
3.58 (0.23)
mid-to-high marsh
5
5
   23
3.58 (0.20)
mid-to-high marsh