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| Submerged Aquatic Vegetation |
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1. Food source
2. Habitat
3. Stabilize bay bottom/filters and traps sediment
4. Provide oxygen |
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| Why are SAV disappearing? |
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1. Sediment (erosion) clouds water-no light
2. Too much algae (from fertilizer)-cloudy water
3. Toxic chemicals (acid rain, Roundup) kill them |
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| What do blue crabs begin their lives as? |
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| What do you call female crabs? |
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| What do you call male crabs? |
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| What is it called when a female crab sheds? |
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| What are larvae called when they hatch? |
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| What is the second stage of development called for a crab? |
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| What are zoea considered? |
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| How long do blue crabs live? |
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| How many legs do blue crabs have? |
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| What is the name of a crabs shell? |
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| T/F Every three out of four legal sized blue crabs in the Ch. Bay are caught and eaten each year |
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| What are Juvenile attached oysters called? |
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| T/F When Oysters become three inches long they can be legally caught and eaten |
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| T/F Oysters can only be one gender |
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| by sucking water into thier shells and filtering out small plants called phytoplankton |
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| T/F Oysters used to be so abundant that they fill the entire Ch. Bay in one day |
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| How much of the oyster population is remaining today? |
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| What are three reasons why Oysters are disappearing? |
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| overharvesting, MSX & Dermo, land development |
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| defined as organisms which passively drift with the current |
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| animals whose movements are controlled by tidal current |
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| An interconnected system which explains who's they prey or the predator |
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| What is another name for Rockfish? |
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| What is a fishing moratorium? |
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| A temporary ban on fishing |
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| Fish, soft crabs, and eel |
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| T/F Rockfish live most of their lives in freshwater |
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| False, They live most of their lives in saltwater |
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| Where do most juvenile Rockfish begin their lives? |
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| Shallow marshes and grass beds |
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| What system of camouflage do Rockfish use? |
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| How did Rockfish recover from all-time lows? |
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1. 5 year moratorium
2. restored spawning grounds |
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| What are Manhaden's predators? |
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| Rockfish, Bluefish, and Osprey |
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| What do humans use Manhaden for? |
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| What is Omega Protein and what do they do? |
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| is a company who catches Manhaden then turns them into fertilizer, fish oil, omega oil, animal food, and butter |
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| What does a Diamond Terrapin eat? |
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| clams, mussels, fish, and mollusks |
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| T/F Female Terrapins are bigger then males |
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| T/F You can tell the age by the rings on its shell |
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| T/F The temperature does not effect gender of offspring |
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| What water do Terrapins live in? |
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| Brackish, only turtle to live in brackish water |
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| Why did Terrapin population decimate? |
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