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Submerged Aquatic Vegetation |
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Food habitat traps sedimant, protects floor from erosion provides oxygen |
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sediment smooths blocks sunlight nutrients chemicals kill it |
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first stage of life for crabs |
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when crabs lose their shells |
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second stage of life for the crab |
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a hard coat of armor which is skin |
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how many crabs get caught and eaten every year |
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every 3/4 crabd get caught and consumed evey year |
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Juvenile attached oysters |
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How long does the oyster have to be, to be legally caught and eaten |
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what is one unique characteristic of the common oyster |
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their ability to change gender |
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they eat by sucking water intot their shells and filtering out small plants called phytoplankton |
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because they can filter the whole bay in a few days |
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how much of the historic population is left |
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WHat are the three factors that led to the oysters' demise |
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overharvesting, MSX DERMO, sediment cause by land developing |
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what are plankton defined as |
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another name for rockfish |
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what mature stripers like to eat |
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where do mature stripers live |
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spend most of life in the ocean |
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in shallow marshes and grass beds |
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why have made a great recovery |
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