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Estuary Biome

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

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  1. Estuary Biome Sara Watts and Emily Luna

  2. What’s an estuary? • Saltwater meets freshwater • River runs into ocean • Lagoons • Bays • Tidal Marshes

  3. Animals • Shrimp • Clams • Pelicans • Ducks

  4. Plants • Phytoplankton • Algae • Mosses • Bushes • No trees

  5. Biotic Factors • Competition • Predation • Parasitism • Commensalism • Mutualism • Amensalism

  6. Abiotic Factors • Fishing nets • Toxic waste • Pollution • Air and water temperature • Water depth • Salinity • Dissolved oxygen • Turbidity • pH • Nutrients

  7. Adaptations • coping with the changes in salinity • Stenohaline • some can’t survive in the estuary • Only live in fresh or salt water

  8. Predators • Caspian Terns • Pacific Mackerel • Blue Crab • Seal • Shrimp • Heron

  9. Prey • Molluscs • Crab • Worms • Salmon • Plankton • Stonefly Larva

  10. Food Web

  11. Human Impact • Construction of buildings • Building of roads, dams, and highways • Agriculture • Pollution • Fishing • Marinas • Oil spills

  12. Conservation efforts • JOIN US for our 5th National Conferenceon Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration on Galveston Island, Texas, November 13-17, 2010.

  13. Tourist Destination

  14. 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

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