Baltic Coastal Zone No. 7 • 2002/2003

Marshes and wetlands on the Wolin Island – selected areas environmental description

Gorzyslaw Poleszczuk

Szczecin University, Natural Science Faculty,

Felczaka St. 3A, 71-412 Szczecin, POLAND

Baltic Coastal Zone No 7,

p. 21-36, ISSN 1643-0115

e-mail: polesz@univ.szczecin.pl

Abstract

The paper presents a naturalistic study (geomorphology, soils, biocenosis) concerning two of the five selected wetland areas and marshes in the Wolin Island. The wetlands and marshes of the Przytorska Spit and of the islands of the retrograde delta of the Swina River, as well as wetlands and marshes within the Warnowsko-Kolczewskie Lakeland. The study indicated considerable diversity of these areas as regards biotopes and biodiveristy.

Key words: Wolin Island, Wolin National Park, wetlands, marshes, natural environment, biocoenoses