- celery,
water-celery, tape gr****, or
eelgr****, is a
plant in the
family Hydrocharitaceae, the "tape-gr****es". V.
americana is a
fresh water species that...
-
grows best in
shallow water because it is
dependent upon sunlight, and the
water of the Long
island Sound can be very murky.
Eelgr**** roots help stabilize...
- algae, and
eelgr**** beds (Zostera
marina and Z. ****onica).
Tidal flats in the
estuary have a
network of
shallow channels that
allow water to
drain when...
- invertebrates.
Eelgr**** roots help
stabilize the
bottom sediments.
Eelgr**** plants help
maintain water quality and
clarity by
filtering the
water allowing sediments...
-
habitats including the salt marshes,
eelgr**** beds and the estuaries.
Puget Sound,
Washington is a body of
water lying east of
Admiralty Inlet, through...
- vase tunicate, and sea squirts. The sea
lamprey began migrating to
fresh water like Lake
Ontario from the
Atlantic Ocean through canals in the 1830s...
-
family of
bivalves found in all of the world's oceans,
although never in
fresh water. They are one of the very few
groups of
bivalves to be
primarily "free-living"...
- anchovies.
Water pollution is a
problem in the gulf, but the more
immediate concerns are
overfishing and
bottom trawling,
which destroys eelgr**** beds and...
- substrates. The
largest of
these kelp
species include bull kelp and
giant kelp.
Eelgr**** meadows are
abundant throughout the
shallower regions of the sea. The Salish...
-
start of the
Inside P****age.
Important marine flora of
Puget Sound include eelgr**** (Zostera marina) and
various kelp,
important kelps include canopy forming...
