Aquatic Ecosystems

2. Ocean zone, highly diverse, extreme range of temperature, moisture, and salinity
6. A large body of still water only able to support rooted plants at shoreline
8. a small, still body of water shallow enough to support rooted plants throughout
12. Open ocean zone
13. A mixture of salt and freshwater
14. The area of land drained by a river and it's tributaries
16. The zone too deep for rooted plants

1. The zone shallow enough for rooted plants
3. Areas flooded with water for at least part of the year
4. The amount of dissolved salt present in water
5. The zone too deep for light to penetrate through the water
7. Kelp forests and coral reefs found here protect shoreline from erosion
9. A manmade structure build across a river
10. A landform created at the mouth of a river where sediment carried by the water is deposited
11. A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
15. The area where a river flows into the sea