11: Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity

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Across
  1. 6. an area of land (such as a marsh or swamp) that is covered with shallow water
  2. 8. group of individuals of the same species living in a particular place
  3. 13. species threatened with extinction
  4. 16. a great body of salt water that covers much of the earth
  5. 17. a considerable inland body of standing water
  6. 20. a chain of rocks or coral or ridge of sand at the surface of water
  7. 21. it is any in the environment that is harmful to the health, survival, or activities of organisms
  8. 22. biological diversity
  9. 24. species that provide early warnings of damage to a community or an ecosystem
  10. 25. the sport or business of catching fish
  11. 26. universal solvent
Down
  1. 1. a hard material formed on the bottom of the sea by the skeletons of small creatures
  2. 2. one of the five large areas of salt water that cover much of the Earth's surface
  3. 3. species that plays a major role in shaping communities by creating and enhancing their habitats
  4. 4. tropical trees with roots growing from its branches, found in swamps or shallow salt water
  5. 5. management of natural resources by minimizing resource waste and sustaining resource supplies
  6. 7. swampy grasslands
  7. 9. too much fishing
  8. 10. a set of organisms interacting with one another and with their nonliving environment
  9. 11. populations of different species living and interacting in a particular
  10. 12. nontarget species
  11. 14. the protection that is provided by a safe place
  12. 15. species with a large effect on the types and abundances of other species in an ecosystem
  13. 18. group of organisms with distinctive traits
  14. 19. the average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years
  15. 23. a place for catching fish or taking other sea animals