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🌊Estuary🌊 |
A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean |
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🌄Intertidal Zone🌊 |
an area that stretches from the highest high-tide line on land out to the point exposes by the lowest low tide |
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🌿Kelp Forest🌿 |
Marine ecosystem where large, brown algae called giant kelp grow |
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🐠🐟Coral Reef🐙🐢 |
a structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water |
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🐛Plankton🐛 |
Tiny algae and animals that float in water and are carried by waves and currents |
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🎇Key Idea🎇 What abiotic factors influence aquatic ecosystems? |
All equatic ecosystems are affected by the same abiotic factors: sunlight, temperature, oxygen, and salt content, |
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🎇Key Idea🎇 What are the major types of aquatic ecosystems? |
Marine ecosystems include estuaries, intertidal zones, neritic zones, and the open ocean. |
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🎇Key Idea🎇 What are the ecological roles of organisms in aquatic food webs? |
As on land, organisms in the oceanare connected by food chains and food webs. But in the ocean the producers are algae rather than plants. |
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🌊Neritic Zone🌊 |
The region ofnshallow ocean water over the continental shelf |
