Estuaries
A) Are ephemeral and therefore of no biological importance
B) Are extremely important as nurseries for many species of fish
C) Have salinities too low to support much marine life
D) Have relatively low primary production, so species must feed outside the estuary
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Q13: Nutrients increase due to upwelling and there
Q14: Zonation
A) Is best developed on exposed shores
Q15: In protected soft sediment shores
A) Food is
Q16: Benthic species in estuaries may be adapted
Q17: The loss of oysters and other estuarine
Q19: In an estuary
A) Marine benthos penetrate not
Q20: Spartina salt marsh plants spread mainly by
A)
Q21: In estuaries, which order of subhabitats goes
Q22: Lower intertidal salt marsh plants
A) Can grow
Q23: Detritus derived from Spartina
A) Is very digestible
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