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11937018629	may start from a snow melt	rivers/streams	0
11937027442	organisms must be able to withstand constant water current	rivers/streams	1
11937033851	the slope of landscape determines the direction and speed of waterflow	rivers/streams	2
11937043607	biological communities change along the course of this biome, from source to mouth	rivers/streams	3
11937061692	thermal scarification in this biome creates a thermocline at certain depths	pond	4
11937065986	bogs	freshwater wetlands	5
11937074974	plants include duckweed, cattails and sedges	freshwater wetlands	6
11937082066	in this biome areas of land are saturated with fresh water	freshwater wetlands	7
11937087630	the florida everglades are a famous example of this biome	freshwater weetlands	8
11937092561	this biome contains nonwoody emergent	salt marsh	9
11937098392	One of the most productive biomes in the world	salt marsh	10
11937104816	many species of fish use this as nurseries for their young	salt marsh	11
11937114497	includes estuaries-semi enclosed areas where river meets ocean	salt marsh	12
11937121370	divided into three zones (tides)	inter tidal zone	13
11937129606	mussels, sea stars and anemones	inter tidal	14
11937140990	organisms in this biome are soft body animals that secrete a stone like framework	coral reef	15
11937157718	the animal polyps for which this biome is named have a mutalistic relationship with this biome	coral reef	16
11937164520	very sensitive to climate change and acidic water, which can lead to bleahching	coral reef	17
11937174998	includes zones like photic aphotic and benthic	open ocean	18
11937181748	animals include octopus fish and squid which live in the benthic zone	open ocean	19
11937189783	animals in the photic zone include fish sea turtles jellyfish and whales	open ocean	20
11937196650	deepest region of this biome, the aphotic zone is dark but organisms can generate their own light	open ocean	21
11937603774	chaparral in south cali	woodland	22
11937620402	oaks, hickories and maples	temperate deciduous forest	23
11937635676	low grasses , mosses and lichens	tundra	24
11937640812	lotic	moving water	25
11937640813	lentic	standing water	26
11937646654	brackish	mix of salt and fresh water	27
11937650918	diff between marsh and swamp	marsh (no trees) swamp (trees)	28
11937668388	why does temperature and oxygen decrease as depth decreases (in a lake)?	decomposes	29
11937679945	how are lakes formed	rain, runoff, groundwater seepage	30
11937686775	depressions of lakes are caused by	glacier movement	31
11937693424	oligotrophic lakes	poorly nourished, deep steep banks	32
11937700282	Eutropic lakes	well nourished, large , shallow, productive	33
11937706161	mesotrophic lake	mix of oligotrophic and eutrophic	34
11937714818	zones of lakes		35
11937729333	lake overturn	bc the nutrients are at the bottom you need something to overturn the water	36
11937748073	benefits of wetlands	filter toxic waste and polltion, reduced flooding and erosion, supply products (blueberries), serve as habitat	37
11937767394	characteristics of costal areas	warm, nutrients and relatively shallow + human interaction	38
11937776559	tides	caused by the moon occur every 6 hours	39
11937783974	adaptations for a intertidal zone	attach, dig shell	40
11937790316	barrier island	jersey shoreq	41
11937797909	why is the open ocean the biggest contributor to the earths overall npp?	bc its so big	42
11937805380	mutalism	relationship where both parties benefit, (ex- polyps and zooxanthella)	43
11937819840	why do we care abt coral reefs	store c02, natural barrier, stop erosion, provide habitat, high biodiversity, tourism	44
11937831119	coral bleaching	when the algae inside the coral dies causing the coral to turn white	45
11937844537	how do humans effect aquatic biomes?	dams/canals, pollution, development and alter water	46