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Being out of water and exposed to air.
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A depression that holds seawater at low tide.
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Being out of air and submerged.
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The flap of bony plates that covers the gills of fishes.
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The type of bottom in which an organism lives.
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The intensity of the impact of a wave.
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The manner in which organisms get from place to place.
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A predator species with large communal effects.
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Animals that live on the surface of the substrate.
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The regular replacement of species in life.
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Banding pattern growing at a particular height within the intertidal.
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The final stage in an ecological succession.
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A gas-filled bladder in seaweeds.
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Animals that burrow in the substrate.
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The water contained between sediment particles.
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A member of the infauna that moves sediment while burrowing or feeding.
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Microscopic animals that live on the bottom; often used as a synonym of interstitial fauna.
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A semi-enclosed area where fresh water and seawater meet and mix.
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An estuary that is formed when sea level rose at the end of the last glacial age.
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link to “drowned river valley estuaries” they are synonymous terms
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Networks of slow flowing tidal creeks found in low-lying deltas such as the Mississippi River.
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An estuary that is formed when a barrier island separates a section of the coast where fresh water enters.
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An estuary that results from the sinking of land due to movements of the crust.
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An estuary that is formed in a deep valley created by a retreating glacier.
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A layer of denser, saltier seawater that flows along the bottom in estuaries.
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A current that is generated by tides.
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Estuaries where loss of fresh water through evaporation is higher than fresh water input from rivers.
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An organism that can tolerate a wide range of salinities.
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A muddy bottom that is exposed at low tide.
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A forest of mangrove trees.
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Organism that can tolerate a narrow range of salinities.
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A grassy area that extends along the shores of estuaries and sheltered coasts in temperate and subpolar regions.
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Upward extension of roots of some mangroves.
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Water of intermediate salinity.
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Areas flooded by tides or with visible standing water like salt marshes, mangrove forests, and freshwater marshes.
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The export of detritus and other organic matter from estuaries to other ecosystems.
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A fleshy plant that accumulates water.
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Underground horizontal stems found in salt marsh plants.
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A species introduced into a new environment by humans.
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The process by which increased inputs of nutrients lead to an undesirable increase in algal growth.
