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Estuary Biome. Sara Watts and Emily Luna. What’s an estuary?. Saltwater meets freshwater River runs into ocean Lagoons Bays Tidal Marshes. Animals. Shrimp Clams Pelicans Ducks. Plants. Phytoplankton Algae Mosses Bushes No trees. Biotic Factors. Competition Predation
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Estuary Biome Sara Watts and Emily Luna
What’s an estuary? • Saltwater meets freshwater • River runs into ocean • Lagoons • Bays • Tidal Marshes
Animals • Shrimp • Clams • Pelicans • Ducks
Plants • Phytoplankton • Algae • Mosses • Bushes • No trees
Biotic Factors • Competition • Predation • Parasitism • Commensalism • Mutualism • Amensalism
Abiotic Factors • Fishing nets • Toxic waste • Pollution • Air and water temperature • Water depth • Salinity • Dissolved oxygen • Turbidity • pH • Nutrients
Adaptations • coping with the changes in salinity • Stenohaline • some can’t survive in the estuary • Only live in fresh or salt water
Predators • Caspian Terns • Pacific Mackerel • Blue Crab • Seal • Shrimp • Heron
Prey • Molluscs • Crab • Worms • Salmon • Plankton • Stonefly Larva
Human Impact • Construction of buildings • Building of roads, dams, and highways • Agriculture • Pollution • Fishing • Marinas • Oil spills
Conservation efforts • JOIN US for our 5th National Conferenceon Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration on Galveston Island, Texas, November 13-17, 2010.
Works Cited • http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep6a.htm • http://w3.lasallehs.org/courses/science/biology/html/what_is_an_estuary_.html • http://estuary.uconn.edu/EWP16.html • http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04162010-101313/unrestricted/Aronhime_diss.pdf • http://www.bluefish.org/predator.htm • http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/products/sci_olympiad/upload_1_15_05/pdf/water_quality_estuarine_ecology.pdf • http://www.estuaries.gov/estuaries101/About/Default.aspx?ID=241 • http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/techmemos/tm29/papers/emmett.htm • http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_estuaries/est07_adaptations.html