Excellent Epifauna
This organism is attached to the substrate
What is sessile organisms
What is wave refraction
Clay and silt make up what material
What is mud
The area of shoreline between highest high and lowest low tide
What is the intertidal zone.
Fishes school for this reason
What is for protection or food
A marine organism needs this to avoid dessication
What is water
True or false, waves move towards the shore parallel.
False, they move in at an angle
What type of organisms would you find in a mudy/clay substrate
What would be anaerobic bacteria
A member of epifauna that lives attached to a substrate
What is a Sessile
The purpose of a salt gland in sea turtles
What is to remove excess salt from the body
Since sessile organisms cant move, they use this abiotic factor to reproduce
What are waves.
The upper part of the intertidal zone is sometimes reffered to as this.
What is the splash zone
This trophic level is absent from the muddy intertidal
What are primary producers.
Organisms that live under the sediment of an ecosystem
What are Infauna
The rows of comblike plates the project downward from the upper jaws of certain whales
What is Baleen
Sessile organisms do not need this organ, because they do not live in the water column.
What is a swim bladder.
The more wave action, the larger the ______
What is sediment
Sandy intertidal will have greater _______ because it is more varied in its habitats
What is zonation
When an organism has lost its body moisture
What is dessication
True or false: A snail is an example of a gastropod
What is true
Name one difficulty sessiles face!
Predators, Large wave action, being crushed by rocks, large floating debri
Mussle's use these to cling to the substrate so waves don't wash them away.
What are byssal threads
Because there are no primary producers in the muddy intertidal, organisms must eat this.
What is detritus
The noticeable horizontal bands or organisms living within a certain range in the intertidal zone
What is vertical zonation
An adult lamprey is caught in freshwater. It was there for this reason
What is to reproduce