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Definition
| Submerged Aquatic Vegitation |
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Definition
food source
habitat
traps sediment
provides O2 |
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Definition
sediment blocks sunlight
Too many nutrients cause algea
cheamicals kill it |
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Definition
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| Once an oyster is three inches long |
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Definition
| you can legally harvest them |
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Term
| what unique charecteristic do oysters have |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| they filterfeed phytoplankton |
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Term
| how long would it take oysters to filter the Ch. Bay |
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Definition
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Definition
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| factors of oysters demise |
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Definition
overharvesting
MSX/Dermo
Sedimentation |
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Term
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Definition
| organizams that passively drift in current |
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Term
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Definition
| most nemourous plankton in the bay |
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Term
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Definition
| movements controlled by tidal current |
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Definition
| never grow bigger than type of a pencil |
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Term
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Definition
| animals eating other animals |
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Term
| what is another name for rockfish |
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Definition
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Term
| what does moratorium mean |
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Definition
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Term
| what do mature stribebass eat |
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Definition
| large ammounts of fish, eels, soft crabs |
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Term
| where do rockfish live most of there lives |
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Definition
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Term
| where juvinile rockfish live |
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Definition
| shallow marshes/ grass beds |
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Term
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Definition
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why have rockfish made a great recovery
(2 reasons) |
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Definition
the 5 year moritorium
restoring traditional spawning areas |
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