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| Submerged aquatic vegitataion |
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| Food sorce, habitat, protect bottom from erosion, and provide oxygen |
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| Why are SAV's dissapearing? |
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| buried by sediment, algae blocks sunlight, toxic chemichals |
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noun: oyster; plural noun: oysters; noun: common European oyster; plural noun: common European oysters; noun: American oyster; plural noun: American oysters; noun: saddle oyster; plural noun: saddle oysters; noun: oyster white; plural noun: oyster whites
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any of a number of bivalve mollusks with rough irregular shells. Several kinds are eaten (esp. raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.
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a shade of grayish white. |
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| Submerged aaionquatic vegat |
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| a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life. |
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noun: blue crab; plural noun: blue crabs
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a large edible swimming crab of the Atlantic coast of North America |
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| the small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water, consisting chiefly of diatoms, protozoans, small crustaceans, and the eggs and larval stages of larger animals. Many animals are adapted to feed on plankton, esp. by filtering the water. |
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| juvenile attached oysters |
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| oysters can change gender |
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| they were once so abudant they could filter the whole bay in one day. t/f |
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| What factors caused oysters population to decrease |
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| Sediment, overharvesting, |
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| are animals whose movement are controlled by the current |
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| plankton consisting of microscopic plants. |
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| a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains. |
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| How do oysters eat their food? |
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| They suck water into their shell and filter out small plants called phytoplanktons. |
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| What is the most unique feature of oysters. |
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| the young of any invertibrate animal |
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| to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like that will be replace by a new growth. |
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| any of the free swimming larvae |
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| the larval stage of marine crabs |
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| Whats another name for a rockfish? |
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| is a pretty much a fishing law |
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| what do mature rockfish eat? |
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| fish, soft crabs, and eel |
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| where do they spend most of their time? |
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| where do juvenile stripers live? |
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| shallow marshes and grass beds |
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| a rockfish for examaple whit at the bottom for the sky and dark at the top to look like the water |
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| Why is the rockfish making a nice recovery? |
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| 1. The five year moratorium. 2. restoration of spawning ground |
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| Where do diamondback terrapins live? |
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| They live in tidal portions of the ch bay |
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| How long do they live for |
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| feeds on clams/mussels/fish |
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| t/f the only turtle that lives in brackish water |
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| females are larger than males? t/f? |
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| males are larger than females t/f? |
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| how do you tell the age of a this turtle? |
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| what happens when the tempuarture is warm? |
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| Why is the population low? |
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