Term
|
Definition
| Submerged Aquatic Vegetation |
|
|
Term
| Why are SAV's important? (4 reasons) |
|
Definition
1)food source (geese, ducks, crabs)
2)provides habitat
3)protects bottom from erosion
4)provides O2 |
|
|
Term
| Why are SAV's disapearing? |
|
Definition
1)buried by sediment (construction, farming)
2)algae blocks sunlight (too much ferdilizer)
3)toxic chemicals |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the young of any invertebrate animal |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace. |
|
|
Term
| What are zoea considered as? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage. |
|
|
Term
| How many years do crabs live for? |
|
Definition
| crabs live for about three years. |
|
|
Term
| How many legs do crabs have? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an external covering or integument, especially when hard, as the shells of crustaceans |
|
|
Term
| how many crabs are caught and eaten out of 4 leagle crabs each year? |
|
Definition
| 3 out of 4 crab are caught and eaten each year. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| juvenile attached oysters |
|
|
Term
| What is the legal size of oysters to eat? |
|
Definition
| three inchs is the legal size of oysters to eat . |
|
|
Term
| What is the one unique characteristic that oysters have? |
|
Definition
| they can change from female to male or male to female. |
|
|
Term
| How do oysters eat their food? |
|
Definition
| they suck water into their shell and filter out small plants called phytoplankton. |
|
|
Term
| A long time ago how long did it take for oysters to filter the bay? |
|
Definition
| it only took a few day for oysters to filter the bay. |
|
|
Term
| how long does it take for oysters to filter the bay today? |
|
Definition
| it takes three to four years for oysters to filter the bay. |
|
|
Term
| what are the two diseases that are killing oysters? |
|
Definition
| the two diseases that are killing oysters are dermo and MSX. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| taking to many of one thing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| it is depositing or covering oysters prime habitat. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| organisms which passively drift with the current. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| they are microscoic plants and are the most numerous plankton in the bay. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| animals whose movement are controlled by tidal current. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| any of a large group of usually tiny freshwater and saltwater crustaceans |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| to suspend fishing for rockfish |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| what is the rockfish's diet? |
|
Definition
| fish, soft crabs, and eel. |
|
|
Term
| Where do most juvenile fish live and why? |
|
Definition
| they live in shallow marshes and grass beds they live in them to hide from larger perdators and to feed on abundant foods supply. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the development of dark colors on parts usually exposed to the sun and of light colors on parts usually shaded, especially as serving for protection or concealment. |
|
|
Term
| why has rockfish pop. recovered? |
|
Definition
| the 5 year moratorium and repatation of spawning grounds. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| what are their predators? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| what do humans use them for? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| what is Omega Protein and what do they do? |
|
Definition
company (Virginia) that catch and process menhaden.
they catch 80% of them. |
|
|
Term
| What do diamondback terrepin eat? |
|
Definition
| Feed on clams, mussles, and fish. |
|
|
Term
| Where do diamondback terrepin live? |
|
Definition
| Only turtle that live in brackish water. |
|
|
Term
True or False
Females are bigger than the male |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| How do you tell how old a turtle is? |
|
Definition
| Count the rings on the shell of the turtle. |
|
|
Term
True or False
The colder the temp. the more felmales hatch. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Why is the pop. of diamondback terrepin low? |
|
Definition
| Pop. is low because of turtle soup. |
|
|
