Across
- 7. Complete the equation: carbon dioxide +water + sunlight → ____________ + oxygen.
- 10. The frequency, duration, and depth of water covering a site due to tides, rivers, and precipitation.
- 12. Specialized aerial roots that facilitate gas exchange in waterlogged environments.
- 15. The relative length of day and night.
- 16. Facilitates gas exchange and water vapor release in plant.
- 17. Provides buoyancy to plants.
- 20. Pollination by insects.
- 21. Plants thriving in saline environments.
- 23. A developing seedling of mangroves.
- 24. An indicator of organic carbon stock in mangrove ecosystems.
- 25. A global influence on aboveground mangrove biomass.
Down
- 1. The study of marine plants and algae.
- 2. These organisms lack true tissues.
- 3. A plant cell component that regulates water balance.
- 4. Cell division resulting in four unique cells.
- 5. The main local driver of mangrove biomass in Aldabra.
- 6. A simple tissue involved in plant metabolism, including photosynthesis and respiration.
- 8. Direction of water and mineral transport.
- 9. A macronutrient essential for plant metabolism.
- 11. The organelle responsible for carrying out photosynthesis in plant cells.
- 13. A permanent tissue responsible for sugar transport.
- 14. A flower containing both male and female reproductive structures.
- 18. Influences fruit ripening, leaf shedding, and environmental stress responses.
- 19. The floating position of a mangrove propagule in unfavorable conditions.
- 22. A site with a lagoon and mangrove forest where nearly 75% of the lagoon drains at low tide through channels between the main islands.