Water Crossword

2. zone below thermocline
5. similar to bogs but fed by groundwater
7. the open ocean is often referred to as this because it has relatively low productivity
8. a special variety of trees that grow in salt water
10. an alternative to photosynthesis
12. zone above thermocline
14. this sea in the western atlantic is known for its free-floating mats of brown algae
16. like marine environments, these have distinct vertical zones
18. around the world, more than 200 of these occur in coastal areas
19. the path of water through our environment
20. a barrier island
21. also known as wooded wetlands
22. these communities occur on the bottom
24. shallow ecosystems in which the land surface is saturated or submerged at least part of the year
25. from “sea” in greek

1. in which corals expel their algal partner and then die
3. wetlands without trees
4. temperature boundary
6. marine ecosystems vary mainly with depth, temperature, and what else?
9. america’s largest and most productive estuary
11. areas of saturated ground
13. free-floating photosynthetic plants
15. bays where rivers empty into the sea, mixing fresh water with salt water
17. shallow wetlands flooded regularly or occasionally with seawater
23. one of the areas of greatest concern to biologists