A coastal habitat with a high biodiversity, the trees roots are usually submerged with water and are tangled. The vegetation is dense
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Give one reason why mangroves are important
They support varieties of marine wildlife and allow species to grow before relocating to coral reefs as they are safer
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In a mangrove what does bacteria do?
Bacteria breaks down dead leaves and detritus (dead organic matter)
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What is a ecosystem?
Community of living organisms
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Whats the difference between biotic and abiotic?
biotic- living abiotic- non-living
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Threats to mangroves
Clearance, construction, draining land
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Why are mangroves destroyed?
For raw material, economic gain, salt harvesting as waters are saline
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Why are coral reefs important?
They can protect coastlines from natural disasters like tsunamis, habitat to hundreds for species, increase worlds diversity, help control carbon dioxide levels in water
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Three ways a coral reef managed sustainably?
aquaculture, marine zoning, ecotourism
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Whats a food web?
system of interlocking food chains
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How food webs are disturbed by human activity?
Hunting of animals, overfishing, commercial fishing
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Siltation
When silt settles out of sea water into eco-sytems, silt erosion is driven by deforestation
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Why are sea levels rising?
Thermal expansion as water warms up and due to warmer waters glaciers and ice melting
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Why is rising sea levels a threat to marine eco-systems?
Corals live in shallow tropical waters meaning photosynthesis can't take place, flooding is prone meaning mangrove could have increased erosion
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Pressures to eco-systems
Growing populations, tourism increase, waste from coastal development, high demand for fishing
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One way overfishing could be managed
Monitoring systems to make sure fishermen don't take more fish than the are supposed too.
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Give one reason why mangroves are important
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They support varieties of marine wildlife and allow species to grow before relocating to coral reefs as they are safer
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