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| Submerged aquatic vegetation. |
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1.food source(geese, ducks, crabs)
2.habitat(small fish, molting crabs)
3.prevent erosion on the bottom of the Bay
4.provides oygen |
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| Why are SAVs disappearing? |
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1.sediment clouds water and prevnts the plants from getting light
2.too much algea(fertilizer) causes cloudy water
3.toxic chemicals(acid rain, Roundup) kill the plants |
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| How do crabs begin their lives? |
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| What is it called when a crab sheds its shell? |
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| How many legs does a crab have? |
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| Estimated crabs that are caught and eaten each year |
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| zoea and megalops are examples of.... |
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| juvenile attached oysters |
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| What is the legal length that you can harvest oysters? |
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| One unique characteristic of an oyster is... |
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| They suck the water and filter out the phytoplankton. |
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| Once the oysters were so abundant that they could fiter all the water in the Bay in a few days. |
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| Reasons for decreased oyster population |
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overharvesting
diseases(MSX and Dermo)
sedimentaion(land development) |
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| One percent of the oyster population remains today. |
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| It would take three to four years for the oysters to filter the water in the Bay. |
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| small organisms that drift with the current |
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| common type of zooplankton |
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| how animals relate in diet |
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| What is another name for a rockfish? |
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| ban on something(fishing) |
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| What does a mature rockfish eat? |
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| Where do rock fish spend most of their life? |
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| In the saltwater of the ocean. |
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| Where do juvenile crabs live? |
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| In shallow marshes and grass beds. |
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| a system of 2 or more camouflages that help the animal blend into the environment from different directions. |
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| What has lead to the recovery of the rockfish? |
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1.moratorium
2.restoration of traditional spawning grounds |
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| What are menhadens' predators? |
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| Striped bass, osprey and blue fish. |
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| What do humans use menhadens for? |
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| Fish oil, fertilizer, animal feed, paint, lipstick, and crab bait. |
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| What is Omega Protein and what do they do? |
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| The a re a factory in Reedville that catches and processes the menhaden. |
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| What do the diamondback terrapins eat? |
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| Clams, mussels, fish and mollusks. |
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| Are the female terrapins larger that the males? |
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| How do you tell the age of a terrapin? |
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| You can count the rings on the shell. |
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| What determines the gender of a terrapin? |
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| The temperature at which it is laid as an egg. |
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| What makes the terrapin unique from other turtles? |
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| Only turtles to live only in brackish water. |
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| What decimated the terrapin population? |
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