Across
- 3. having an affinity or thriving in acidic conditions
- 4. predatory, grasping
- 5. mangrove reproduction by propagules is a from of this in plants
- 8. net-like
- 12. a large family of bony, brightly colored fish, could be cleaners
- 15. star-shaped
- 16. a free swimming larval stage of crustacenas
- 18. even a small drop of water can form this special area for living and non-living things
- 20. branch of ecology of whole communities and the interactions of the organisms within them
Down
- 1. Sword-shaped
- 2. algae whose name is from Greek words for animal and golden
- 6. a one-year-old individual in its second year of life
- 7. things not involved with or produced by living organisms
- 9. present or appearing everywhere
- 10. the ability to infect or cause diseases
- 11. the shell of this univalve mollusk is lined with the mother of pearl
- 13. organisms which swim just above sand and are dependent upon it as a food source
- 14. saw-like
- 17. stomach with tentacles around its mouth
- 19. related to or functioning in nutrition