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Estuaries and Sandy Shores Flashcards

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Eelgrass - European marine angiosperm

A

Zostera marina

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The harbour ragworm - osmoconformers (but hyperionic in low salinities) and euryhaline

A

Hediste diversicolor

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Invasive Oyster species

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Crassostrea gigas

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Shore Crab - Osmoregulator and euryhaline

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Carcinus maenus

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European Flounder which uses the whole estuary, with juveniles in the upper reaches and adults closer to sea

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Platichthys flesus

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Sand hoppers - amphipods detritivores and

scavengers

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Talitridae

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Ragworm - produces burrows in sediment which allow the transport of surface particles

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Hediste (Nereis) diversicolor

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Mud shrimp - produces burrows in sediment which allow the transport of surface particles

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Corophium volutator

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Common cockle - a biodiffuser which mixes particles on the top 2cm of the sediemnt

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Cerastoderma edule

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