Marine Ecology

1. nitrogen in this form can get converted back to N2
3. a recurring series of events such as related to hydrologic or carbon
8. a large community of plants and animals adapted to that particular environment
12. produces glucose and oxygen
13. a marine ecosystem full of very diverse sometimes colorful organisms
14. another name for marshes, estuaries, swamps.
15. zone where photosynthesis does not occur
16. a group of organisms belonging to the same species that live in the same area and interact
17. where seawater and freshwater meet

2. a measure of the amount of NaCl in the ocean
4. types of plants with specialized nodules for nitrogen fixation
5. the lowest member of a food web
6. this animal eats the phytoplankton
7. bodies of water with less than 1% salt
9. an environment where both living and non-living things interact
10. - organism that breaks down and obtains energy from organism no longer living
11. plant eater