Across
- 3. Water, usually storm runoff, flowing in a thin layer over the ground surface
- 5. the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
- 6. A tropical or subtropical marine swamp distinguished by the abundance of low to tall trees, especially mangrove trees.
- 8. A body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.
- 10. A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
- 11. The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- 12. Deplete the stock of fish in (a body of water) by too much fishing
- 15. A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
- 17. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
- 19. a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
- 21. aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms
- 22. An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
Down
- 1. A term in the federal law governing fisheries management that refers to the physical environment necessary to support a sustainable fishery and the managed species' contribution to a healthy ecosystem.
- 2. All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
- 4. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
- 7. a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas
- 9. The tidal mouth of a river, where the tide meets the stream.
- 13. a lake in southeast Florida that extends to the north of the Everglades.
- 14. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- 16. An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.
- 17. The bottom of a sea or lake
- 18. Land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.
- 20. A hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate or dolomite, used as building material and in the making of cement