Mangrove Flashcards
0
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Aerobic
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With oxygen
1
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Anaerobic
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Without oxygen
2
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Buffer zone
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Leaves a corridor along the beach that protects buildings from winds, waves and tides and allows animals to migrate
3
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Caye
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Island
4
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Coppicing
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Resprouting from a stump
5
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Detritus
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Broken plant and animal fragments
6
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Dredging spoils
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When sediment from the ocean is dumped on mangrove roots and smothers them
7
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Estuary
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Where salt water and freshwater mix
8
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Guano
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Bird droppings
9
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Ghost fishing
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When nets keep on killing long after they have been lost
10
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Hydrochory
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Dispersal of seeds by water
11
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Intertidal zone
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Area between low and high tide
12
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Natural resources
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Made by nature
13
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Nutrients
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Nitrates and phosphates used for growth by plants
14
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Persistent colonizer
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Trees that come back even after they have been cut down
