Halosere

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A halosere is an ecological succession in a saline water saline environments. An example of a halosere is a salt marsh.

In a river estuary, large amounts of silt are deposited by the ebbing tides, as well as inflowing rivers.

Plants in halosere

The earliest plant colonizers are algae and zostera, which can tolerate submergence by the tide for most of the 12 hour cycle and which trap mud, causing it to accumulate.

Two other colonizer plants are