ESTUARIES


 * You and your partners' names: Andrew Moser and Ryder Mayfield **


 * Title of biome: Estuaries **

Estuaries are full of birds, fish, crabs, and many other animals and plants. The waters of estuaries are sheltered so they give many different plants and animals homes. Also they filter dirt and pollution to keep the water quality good.
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 * Definition: ** estuary is a partially enclosed body of water formed where freshwater from rivers and streams flows into the ocean, mixing with the salty sea water.


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 * Biotic Factors (animals, plants, algae, etc. living things): **

Fish Starry flounder Mammals- Birds- Inside the soil, sediment sand and mud have lots of microscopic bacteria. During the day, animals retreat from the tides. During the night, tides make see waters flood, and submerge into estuaries. There is no set temperature or amount of rain, because estuaries are in many different places.
 * Bay pipe fish
 * Chinook salmon
 * Harbor sea
 * River otter
 * American Wigeon
 * Great-blue heron
 * Greater Yellowlegs
 * Abiotic Factors (rain, wind, temperature, location, soil quality, seasons): **

Estuaries have the most productive natural systems in the world because there are some many nutrients when then fresh water and salt water meet. It produces more food than the richest mid western farmland. The fish in the estuary are 75 % of the commercial fish caught. And 80-90% the recreational fish are caught here to. The estuaries provides out nation with 28 million jobs.
 * Additional Info. (any famous landmarks, famous types of your biome ex- Sahara Desert, anything well-known in biome, how is biodiversity, etc. make it interesting!!) **