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Mbio Module 10

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Estuary A semi-enclosed area at the mouth of a river where fresh water and sea water meet and mix
Euryhaline Species that can tolerate a wide range of salinities
Stenohaline Species that can tolerate a narrow range of salinities
Brackish Water that is less salty than seawater but saltier than fresh water
Wetlands Estuarine are of high elevation that are periodically covered with water
Mudflats Wide expanses of an estuary that are exposed during low tide
Meiofauna Microscopic organisms living in between marine sediment particles
Channels Estuarine area where water is present both during high and low tides
Glaciers Moving sheets of ice
Glacial deposits Deposits of gravel, dirt and debris left by glaciers
Uniformitarians Believe there were many ice ages, and each took a long time
Catastrophists Believe there was one major ice age, made quickly by Noah's Flood
Drowned river valleys/coastal plain estuaries Common, broad and shallow
Bar-built estuary Built by a sand bar
Barrier island Large sand bar
Fjords Deep valleys cut by glaciers and then filled with water
River delta The end of a river that erodes the bank on either side
Tectonic estuary Formed by movement in the earth's crust that filled with water
Salt wedge A diagonal delineation of salinities
Tidal currents Rapid inflow and outflow of water
Mudflats Area of lower elevation in an estuarine community
Salt marshes Wet, grassy area in a temperate wetland
Red mangrove common species in North America, very tolerant of salt
Black mangrove Less tolerant of salt water than red
Prop roots Curved roots of the red mangrove that enable it to grow above the water
Pneumatophores Black mangroves' pencil-thin root extensions that grow out of the soil to allow more exposure to oxygen
White mangrove Leas tolerant of salt than red or black mangroves, gets rid of salt by excreting it through salt glands
Red mangroves called... "island makers"
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