MST1201

Question 1

What is bioturbation?

Answer 1

The term used by biologists to describe the disturbing of sediments by the activity of invertebrate animals as they burrow and move through the sediment habitat

Question 2

What are the features of salt marshes?

Answer 2

Saltmarshes are important systems for carbon storage or sequestration

Saltmarshes play an important role in attenuating wave action and reducing flooding

Saltmarsh plants are very stress tolerant

Question 3

What is primary succession?

Answer 3

Primary succession occurs on bare, uncolonised ground that never has any vegetation growing on it.

Question 4

How are saltmarshes developed?

Answer 4

the movement and deposition of sediment

Question 5

What are sessile organisms?

Answer 5

Organisms that are adhered permanently onto the rock

Question 6

What are infauna organisms?

Answer 6

Organisms that live buried within substratum

Question 7

What are epibenthic organisms?

Answer 7

Organisms that are emergent and are anchored in or upon the substratum