Seagrasses
- Created by: Emily Sulma
- Created on: 15-04-16 13:53
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- Seagrasses
- Phyla
- Class: Monocotyle- dons
- Phylum: Angiosperm
- Order: Alismatales
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Distribution
- Northern latitudes except Antartica
- Clear waters of intertidal zone
- 60 species
- European species
- Nostera noltii
- 2-5 narrow leaves
- Muddy intertidal sands
- Cymodocea nodosa
- Warm water, clear shallow subtidal
- 2-5 narrow leaves
- Nostera marina
- 3-7 narrow leaves
- Clear waters of intertidal zone
- Nostera noltii
- Tropical seagrasses
- Most found inshore
- Sheltered from waves
- Connected to mangrove or coral reef
- Slow growing system
- Adaptations
- Pollination by water
- Leaf epidermis have chloroplasts
- Anchorage
- Grown and function fully submerged
- Tolerance for salinity
- Reduction of species
- 29% of habitats gone
- Global areas declining fast
- Primary food source for turtles etc
- Human activities: coastal development, pollutants in water etc
- Phyla
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