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    This document provides information about estuaries. It defines an estuary as a landform found on coasts where fresh water meets the sea. Estuaries serve as nurseries for fish and shellfish due to their protected environments and abundant food. The document describes the various plant and animal life commonly found in estuaries, including phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish, crabs, and birds. It also notes that pollution is a major threat to estuaries.

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    This document provides information about estuaries. It defines an estuary as a landform found on coasts where fresh water meets the sea. Estuaries serve as nurseries for fish and shellfish due to their protected environments and abundant food. The document describes the various plant and animal life commonly found in estuaries, including phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish, crabs, and birds. It also notes that pollution is a major threat to estuaries.

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    This document provides information about estuaries. It defines an estuary as a landform found on coasts where fresh water meets the sea. Estuaries serve as nurseries for fish and shellfish due to their protected environments and abundant food. The document describes the various plant and animal life commonly found in estuaries, including phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish, crabs, and birds. It also notes that pollution is a major threat to estuaries.

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    IM A G IN E A D A Y W IT H O U T

    W O R K S C IT E D
    W AT ER!
    C A N ' T ? V IS IT A N E S T U A R Y
    Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. ?Estuary.?
    f f f f Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia
    f f f f Britannica, Inc., 15 Mar. 2018,
    f f f f www.britannica.com/science/estuary.
    EST UA RY
    L A N D FO RM S
    Types of estuaries include: bays, lagoons, Day, John W. Estuarine Ecology. Wiley-Blackwell,
    f f f f 2013.
    harbours, sounds, f iords and swamps.
    ?Estuary Education.? Biodiversity in an Estuary,
    f f f f coast.noaa.gov/estuaries/curriculum/biodiversity-
    f f f f in-an-estuary.html.

    ?Estuarine and Lagoon Biodiversity and Their


    f f f f Natural Goods and Services.? Estuarine, Coastal
    f f f f and Shelf Science, Academic Press, 3 June 2013,
    f f f f www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027277
    f f f f 1413002412.
    G EO G RA PH IC L O CAT IO N
    Estuaries are f ound on the coasts where US Department of Commerce, and National Oceanic
    f f f f and Atmospheric Administration. ?Estuaries,
    f resh water such as rivers or bays have f f f f NOS Education Of f ering.? NOAA's National
    f f f f Ocean Service Education, 19 Dec.
    access to the ocean. f f f f 2005,oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_est
    f f f f uaries/welcome.html.

    US Department of Commerce, and National Oceanic


    f f f f and Atmospheric Administration. ?NOAA's
    f f f f National Ocean Service Education: Estuaries.?
    f f f f NOAA's National Ocean Service, 19 Dec. 2004,
    f f f f oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/estuaries/medi
    f f f f a/supp_estuar09c_pathogens.html.

    C L IM AT E
    The prevailing climate in an estuary is
    known as a local steppe climate. In the
    summer estuaries can reach up to 70°F, but W H ERE T H E
    throughout the year they have an average
    temperature of 40°F. The precipitation,
    however, varies 46 mm between the driest
    RIV ER M EET S
    month and the wettest month. This abiotic
    f actor is signif icant because precipitation
    IS A B E L L A D IB B IN I T H E SEA
    AP Biology, EF Block Even
    supplies f reshwater to estuaries, which is an
    May 2, 2018
    important source of dissolved oxygen and
    nutrients.
    FO O D W EB
    W IL D L IFE A N D B IO D IV ERSIT Y

    FL O RA FA U N A
    There are diverse types of plants f ound in estuaries, Estuaries are home to various animals. Common
    including: douglas asters, gumweeds, red algae, animals include: f ish, crabs, lobsters, clams,
    saltgrass, sea lettuce and f athen saltbush.
    marine worms, raccoons, opossums, skunks and
    Plants have a variety of adaptations that help them many other reptiles. Because estuaries are
    survive. For instance, algae has holdf asts that attach to biologically productive, they provide ideal areas
    the sea f loor and anchor them down much like roots f or migratory birds to rest and ref uel during
    of a plant. Saltgrass also has f ew adaptations; salt their long journeys.
    glands on the leaves extrude salt, which ultimately
    allows the plants to utilize salty water. Many structures in f ish provide adaptations f or
    In estuaries Energy is transf erred f rom their aquatic lif estyle. For example, f ish have
    plants to animals through Food Chains. gills f or ?breathing? oxygen in water and f ins f or
    Phytoplankton are f loating microscopic propelling and steering their bodies through
    plants; they are very important estuary water. In addition, crabs have eight regular legs
    and two specially adapted legs known as claws
    producers. Phytoplankton are eaten by
    which help them to f eed and to catch prey.
    f loating animals, zooplankton - and by
    bigger animals like snails, clams, and
    barnacles.
    If you visit an estuary you can enjoy various
    types of f ish, crabs, and if ambitious, even
    snails. Don't worry if you do not eat animal
    products, because vegan options are also
    available, such as f resh seaweed directly f rom
    the estuary.

    A common predator of estuaries is the Great Blue


    Heron (pictured below). This bird is primarily known
    f or eating small f ish and amphibians such as f rogs.
    Another predator are the bull sharks that f eed of f of
    the hardhead and gaf f topsail catf ish.
    H U M A N IM PA CT
    Pollution is one of the greatest threats to estuaries.
    Estuaries have been called the "nurseries of This results in the immediate destruction and loss of
    the sea" because the protected environment estuarine habitats. Pollutants including toxic
    substances such as chemicals, heavy metals and
    and abundant f ood provides an ideal location pathogens have the greatest impact on the health of
    f or f ish and shellf ish to reproduce. Most f ish estuaries. Help prevent pollution and visit an estuary
    species spend some part of their lif e cycle in today, bef ore pollution takes over this beautif ul part
    estuaries. of nature!

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