Estuaries

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Across
  1. 6. Means feeding
  2. 7. Study of how organisms interact
  3. 10. Contains salts to a level of 35ppt
  4. 11. An organism's job in an ecosystem
  5. 12. AKA water basin
  6. 14. The amount of salt in water
  7. 15. Require specific salinity
  8. 16. Where organisms feel safe
  9. 18. A place for young organisms to grow up
Down
  1. 1. Coastal plants found in an estuary
  2. 2. Not fresh but not salty
  3. 3. Capable of tolerating different salt levels
  4. 4. Layers of salinity in water column
  5. 5. Contains no salts
  6. 8. Formed by sea level flooding a river valley
  7. 9. Formed by plates creating a depression
  8. 13. Contains brackish water
  9. 17. Formed by sand bars enclosing an area