bio aquatic biomes

wetlands are inundated by…

water

wetland plants are adapted to what kind of soil

water-saturated

what is the most prominent physical characteristic of streams and rivers

a current

an estuary is rich in…

nutrients

what kind of zone is an estuary

productive, transition, intertidal

is an estuary shallow or deep

shallow

how to simply describe the oceanic pelagic zone

an expanse of open water

how much of the earths surface does the oceanic pelagic zone cover

about 70%

are nutrients high or low in the oceanic pelagic zone

low

what kind of terrestrial biome is the oceanic pelagic zone considered

desert

what are coral reefs formed by

calcium carbonate

how are coral reefs damaged

high pH or temp

do coral reefs have high nutrients

yes

the benthic zone is just…

seafloor

the benthic zone is uniformly…

cold

does the benthic zone have low nutrients

no

what kind of community lives in the benthic zone

hydrothermal vent

the community in the benthic zone spews what?

hydrogen sulfite

how does the community in the benthic zone reproduce without any source of energy from the sun?

by chemoautotrophism