Mangrove Tree
Mangrove found closest to the sea
What is a red mangrove
Helps a black mangrove adapt to the anaerobic mud flats
What is pneumatophores
Base of mangrove ecosystem begins with this common plant?
What is mangrove leaves?
What is the term given to organisms living on the seagrasses
Epiphytes
Area between high tide and low tide
What is the intertidal zone
Mangrove that has no root adaptations
What is a white mangrove
Mangroves that come back after being cut down and destroyed
What is persistent colonizers
A scavenger found in the mud flats of the roots system of mangroves that burrows during high tide
What is fiddler crabs
The seagrass is a critical habitat for this organism that lives its first year of life here
Spiny lobster
What would the term given to mangroves and guano, since they come from the land
natural resource
Mangrove has the greatest amount of pneumatophores
What is black mangrove
Name of three animals that actually eat the seagrass
Red headed duck, manatee, and green sea turtle
What adaptation does a mudskipper's fins provide
What is walking or gliding
This type of consumer feeds on detritus
What is detritivore/scavenger
Type of soil that mangroves live in
What is anaerobic
A nutrient rich zone and nursery area of the ocean that is a mix between saltwater and freshwater
What is an estuary
Red mangroves have this root adaptation and provide a habitat for many organisms whether it is high or low tide.
What is prop roots
Many sea turtles mistakenly eat plastic, what animal does the sea turtle mistake plastic for?
What is jellyfish
adaptation of mangroves that allows mangroves to remove excess salt from a mangrove leaf
What is salt pores
Mangrove leaves have a waxy layer that helps them retain water and slow down evaporation
What is waxy cuticle
Process of seed germinating while still on the mangrove tree
What is vivipary
This group of consumers gives the mangroves its characteristic smell, they are never added to a food web but everyone knows they are vital to beginning the recycling process
decomposers
What must the Archer Fish take into consideration when shooting a stream of water that will knock an weaver ant off of twig.
What is light refraction
What is the biggest problem with plastic in the ocean?
What is entanglement.