Across
- 2. partially enclosed body of water where fresh water meets salt water
- 4. ________ zone that is nearest the shore
- 6. animal like plankton
- 7. zone that is warm and sunlit
- 9. measures water cloudiness
- 10. area smaller than a lake that is naturally filled with water
- 12. bottom dwelling organisms
- 14. areas containing soils that are usually waterlogged
- 16. landform at river mouths formed by deposited sediment
- 18. organisms that break down dead organisms and waste and cycle it back to the water
Down
- 1. availability of _______ decreases with water depth
- 3. Many aphotic zone species are ________ and can produce and emit light
- 5. the amount of dissolved salt in the water
- 8. fissures in the abyssal plain where heated water and minerals are released
- 10. plant like plankton
- 11. these lakes have water with very high turbidity
- 13. these lakes have water with very low turbidity
- 15. small, free floating or weakly swimming organisms
- 17. zone that is an open water area too deep for emergent plants