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submerged aquatic vegitation |
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-food source -shelter/habitat -stabilize bay floor/filter and trap sediment |
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-toxic chemicals kill them -sediment[erosion] -turbidity=no light for plants -too much alga[from fertilizer] |
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first stage of a blue crab |
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how long do crabs live for |
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how many legs do crabs have |
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what do zoea and megalops have in common |
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booth zooplankton which is a floating animal |
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hard and covered with pointy ends |
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how may crabs that are caught are eaten |
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what are juvenille oysters called |
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how big do oysters have to be to be legally caught |
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what are oysters that other species aren't |
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how do oysters help clean the bay |
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what is the percent of the historic population |
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how long did it take the oysters to filter the bay in historic times |
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only a few days because the population was so abundant |
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what are the 3 factors that are killing the oysters |
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overharvesting, sedimentation, and diseases |
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organisms that drift with the current |
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microscopic plants that move with the current |
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floating animals whose movements are controlled by the current |
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zooplankton that never grow to be bigger than a pencil tip |
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what is the other name for rockfish |
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a band on fishing and hunting |
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what do large rockfish eat |
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large quantities of fish, soft crabs and eel |
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where do rockfish live for most of their life |
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what do juvenile rockfish do for protection |
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they hid in shallow marshes and grass beds to hide from larger predators, it also provides a great supply of food |
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what is a more specific name for camouflage |
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why has rockfish population come back |
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because of a band on fishing and spawning grounds which are protective |
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what is omega product and what do they eat |
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company that catches menhaden, process them and sell them |
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what do humans use them for |
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oil, bait, dog food, protein |
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only turtle in world that lives in brackish water |
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which crab turtle is bigger female or male |
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what temperature makes the most babies |
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how do you tell how old a turtle is |
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by the rings on the shell |
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why has the turltle population decimated |
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because people were catching turtles to makke turtle soup |
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only turtle in world that lives in brackish water |
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