Estuary

Outline: 1. Introduction: Marine biology plays an important role in the ecosystem. It accommodates different animals and plant species, which acts as source of food for human beings. These water bodies have different zones of habitat, which supports the life of different species. 2. Coastal habitat: a. Intertidal zones. b. Sandy & rocky shores. c. Mangroves. d. Coral reefs. 3. Ocean habitat: a. The Epipelagic zone. b. The Mesopelagic zone. c. The Bathypelagic zone. d. The Abyssal pelagic zone…

bigger the storm, the larger the erosion potential. The loss of sand on the beach occurs too quickly and on a much larger scale than sand replenishment. Long-shore drift moves the sand from one part of the beach to the other, and replenishment from estuary to the ocean cannot keep up with this so erosion takes place, and rising sea levels cause this to happen quicker. Climate change is linked both indirectly and directly to human activity. This human activity is altering the atmospheric…

is known for having “fresh water, fertile soil, and economical transportation, since that, agriculture, fishing, and hunting” (marinersmuseum.org) is very common. This continent can also be called an “estuary, which is a fresh water and salt water mixed body of water, in fact, it is the largest estuary in the United States” (chesapeakebay.net). Within this continent “Virginia and Maryland make it up and they worship God, in other words their religion is Christianity. North Americans viewed them…

Marine dumping is the dumping of litter into the sea by heavy rains and flood that wash the trash into the water. The oxygen in the water is lost when the trash is dumped into the water. A fact is that every dumping starts in rivers, lakes, and estuaries. Another fact is that over the past 50 years oceans have been under a serious threat from the wastes. And he last fact about marine dumping is that the affected areas are fishing, beaches, resorts, human health, and other uses of the sea.…

180cm in length and weigh up to 60kg but evidence of them being caught at this size is scarce. Most commonly however, the average length of a barramundi ranges from 0.6m – 1.2m. Barramundi inhabit both salt and freshwater, including coastal waters, estuaries, lagoons and rivers; meaning they are demersal. They are found in clear to turbid water that usually ranges between 26 – 30 C. They are distributed throughout coastal areas from the Persian Gulf to China and southern Japan, south to Papua…

The Yellow River estuary has rich biological resources. It represents the spawning area for many fish species of the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, and an important fishing ground in the northern China Sea (Shan et al., 2013). Laizhou Bay is an estuary of the Yellow River, and has high primary productivity. It represents an essential nursing and feeding area for many species (2et al., 2013). There is low biomass in the river, but the presence of few and unique indigenous fish make the conservation of…

The Chattahoochee River, Georgia’s most heavily-used water source, is home to a variety of fish and a supplier of over 70% of the drinking water in metro Atlanta; it was also ranked number three on America’s ‘most endangered’ list. Each day, more than 250 million gallons of sewage waste water is dumped in to river, so news that the river is constantly contaminated with E. coli is no surprise. Even with the vast amount of contamination, Georgia allows the dumping of waste to continue; they give…

Do NOT expect full credit for one word or phrase answers. Cover the Who, What, Where, When, Why How as much as possible. Various ecosystems can take place where the ocean meets land; a sandy beach, intertidal mudflat, rocky shore or tidal estuary. An estuary is a body of water in coastal regions that is surrounded partly by land with access to open ocean and a large fresh water…

An area of coastal wetland that is regularly flooded and drained by seawater is known as a salt marsh. Salt marshes are extremely important to many species as it serves as their habitat, and also saves them from potential predators as only certain species are able to live in the environment of a salt marsh. The salt marsh is mostly shallow and brackish, and consists of mostly saltwater. Salt marshes often develop amid marine and terrestrial environments, which results in biologically diverse…

time for a trip to the beach, and for nature lovers, there’s no better beach than Crab Cove. Located at the north end of Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda, the Crab Cove Marine Protected Area, is California’s first marine reserve on an estuary. Estuaries are defined as bodies of water usually found where rivers meet the sea. At Crab Cove, this provides a unique opportunity to view a wide variety of creatures and habitats. The best time to view this intertidal life is when the tide is two…