Quiz 9- seaweeds, seagrasses, terrestrial plants, marshes, mangroves

Question 1

Describe and identify the major characteristics & structures of seaweeds.

Question 2

Describe the three ways in which seaweeds are classified, and use these to describe the three major phyla.

Question 3

Be able to illustrate and describe the general life cycle of a seaweed.

Question 4

Differentiate between seaweeds, seagrass and terrestrial plants. What are the major similarities and differences?

Question 5

Explain asexual vs sexual reproduction in seagrasses, including identification of any structures involved in these processes.

Question 6

Compare and contrast salt marshes and mangroves.
Why are these ecosystems important to coastal communities?

Question 7

Describe the anatomical and biological features of salt marsh cordgrass that allow it to survive saline and anoxic sediments. Differentiate this with how mangroves adapt to these same conditions.

Question 8

What is blue carbon? What are the driving factors behind salt marsh capacity for sequestration and storage of large amounts of carbon?

Question 9

Describe the mutualistic relationships between smooth cordgrass and ribbed mussels, and smooth cordgrass and fiddler crabs.

Question 10

Describe the process of marsh colonization and development and how asexual and/or sexual reproduction of smooth cordgrass plays a role.

Question 11

Describe the major drivers of vegetational zonation in salt marshes. How does this differ from Mangroves? How is it similar?

Question 12

Describe wrack, and how it plays a role in the introduction of genetic diversity into salt marsh meadows.

Question 13

Summarize the importance of mangroves to coastal ecosystems.

Question 14

Differentiate between the structure and function of different types of mangrove roots, and describe the roles these roots play in the ability of mangroves to survive in intertidal zones.