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chesipeake watershed 2
knox schlossberg
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7th Grade
10/07/2013

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what is SAV stand for
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Submerged acuatic vegitation
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why is SAV important
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food sorce, shelter,stabilizes bay floor,providers oxygen.
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why is SAV disipering
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chemicals, sediment, algee
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larvae
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crabs which mate
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sooks
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female crab
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jimmies
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male crab
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zoea
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zooplankton
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megalops
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second stage of the crab growing up
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how many legs dos a crab have
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10
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zooplankton
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plankton that wash with the current
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exoskeleton
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shell
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3/4 of crabs are eaten each
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year
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how long do crabs live
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3 years
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what are plankton
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plankton are organisims that drift with the current
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what are the most numerous plankton in the bay
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phytoplankton
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what are zooplankton
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animals who move with the tidal current
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copepods grow as big as a
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pencil tip
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this interconected system is known as the
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food web
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spat
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juvinile attacted oysters
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how long can oyster grow
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three inches
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what year do oysters grow
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year one
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oyters filter
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phytoplankton
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oyters were so abundent they filtered the entier
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bay
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what percent are oyster historic
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1 percent
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how many factors have lead to oyter's demise
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7
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another name for rockfish is
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striped bass
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a law that bans hunting for this kind of fish
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fishing moratorium
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rockfish eat
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eel, soft crabs, and other fish
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rockfish live in what kind of water
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saltwater
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juvenile fish live in
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marshes
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rockfish use camouflage otherwise known as
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counter shading
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the fishing moratorium was put into how many years
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five
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how do menhaden eat
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by filtering phytoplankton
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what do menhaden eat
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phytoplankton
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menhaden's predators are
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rockfish and humans
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what do human use menhaden for
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bait, products, and chum
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what is omega protein
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a fishing company that processes menhaden
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oly turtle in the world found in brackish water
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dimondback turtle
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a dimondback feeds on
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mussels, claws, fish
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female is larger than a
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male
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if dimondbacks lay egg in a warm temprature than there will be more
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female
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you can tell age by the rings on a
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shell
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population was
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desimated thanks to turtle soup
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