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22 Cards in this Set
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Halocline |
An area where the salinity changes rapidly within a small depth |
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Anoxia |
Without oxygen |
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Hypersaline |
Having higher salinity than average |
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Hypoxia |
Having only a small percentage of oxygen |
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Isohaline |
Having the same salinity |
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Thermocline |
An area where the temperature changes rapidly with that a small depth |
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Isothermal |
Having the same temperature |
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Brackish |
Having lower salinity than average |
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Toxicity |
The degree to which a substance can harm an organism |
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Columbia River estuary |
An estuary that has been damaged by the building of dams |
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Mediterranean Sea |
One of the few Inland Seas underlain by oceanic crust |
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Mississippi River delta |
area in danger of being reclaimed by the Sea due to poor land-use practices by humans |
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Chesapeake bay |
An example of a coastal plain estuary |
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Laguna madre |
An example of a bar built estuary |
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Tethys sea |
The ancient predecessors of the Mediterranean Sea |
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San Francisco Bay |
An example of a tectonic estuary |
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Hydrocarbon |
Any organic compound consisting of hydrogen and carbon |
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Pollution |
The introduction of substances that result in harm to life in the oceans are humans who have contact with the marine life or the ocean |
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Non native species |
An organism introduced into a different |
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Seep |
An area where hydrocarbons flow into the ocean naturally |
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Nonpoint source pollution |
Trash entering the ocean from multiple sources rather than one specific location |
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Mercury |
The only metal that is liquid at room temperature it is highly toxic |
