Lecture 7 & 8 - Estuaries LATIN NAMES

Question 1

what are the initial plant colanisers on a saltmarsh habitat

Answer 1

Salicornia

Sarccocornia spp.

Question 2

What is colaniser 1 on the saltmarsh

Answer 2

Spartina alterniflora

Question 3

what is coloniser 2 on the satlmarsh

Answer 3

Spartina patens

Question 4

example of benthic mudflat organisms - diatom

Answer 4

Pleurosigma angulatum

Question 5

example of biofilm maker (2)

Answer 5

Nitschia spp.

Navicula spp.

Question 6

Give an example of a sea grass

Answer 6

Zostera spp.

Question 7

Example of cyanobacteria primary producer

Answer 7

Oscillatoria spp.

Question 8

Example of an osmoconformer

Answer 8

Nereis diversicolor (ragworm)

Question 9

Example of a osmoregulator

Answer 9

Upogebia spp. (mud shrimps)

Question 10

Give a example of benthic meiofauna (3)

Answer 10

Tardigrada
Platyhelminthes
Cerastderma edule (bi-valve larve)

Question 11

Example of macrofauna grazer

Answer 11

Corophium voultator

Question 12

Example of macrofauna deposit feeder

Answer 12

nematodes spp.

Question 13

Example of macrofauna filter feeder

Answer 13

Sabella spp.

Question 14

Example of bird

Answer 14

Charadrifformes

Question 15

Example of estuarine fish (2)

Answer 15

Pleuronectes flesus (flatfish)
Dicentrarchus labrax (Grey mullet)

Question 16

Example of a crab!

Answer 16

Carcinus maenas (green shore crab)