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| Submerged Aquatic Vegetation |
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Food
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traps sedimant, protects floor from erosion
provides oxygen |
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sediment smooths blocks sunlight
nutrients
chemicals kill it |
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| first stage of life for crabs |
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| when crabs lose their shells |
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| second stage of life for the crab |
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| a hard coat of armor which is skin |
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| how many crabs get caught and eaten every year |
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| every 3/4 crabd get caught and consumed evey year |
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| Juvenile attached oysters |
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| How long does the oyster have to be, to be legally caught and eaten |
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| what is one unique characteristic of the common oyster |
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| their ability to change gender |
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| they eat by sucking water intot their shells and filtering out small plants called phytoplankton |
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| because they can filter the whole bay in a few days |
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| how much of the historic population is left |
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| WHat are the three factors that led to the oysters' demise |
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| overharvesting, MSX DERMO, sediment cause by land developing |
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| what are plankton defined as |
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| another name for rockfish |
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| what mature stripers like to eat |
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| where do mature stripers live |
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| spend most of life in the ocean |
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| in shallow marshes and grass beds |
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| why have made a great recovery |
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