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AQUATIC HABITAT: ESTUARINE

CONTENT

  1. Meaning of Estuarine Habitat
  2. Characteristics of Estuarine Habitat
  3. Types of Estuary
  4. Distribution of the Plants and Animals in Estuarine Habitat
  5. Adaptive Features of the Plants and Animals in the Estuarine Habitat
  6. Food Chain in Estuarine Habitat

 

Meaning of Estuarine Habitat

An estuarine habitat is an ecological zone where river and sea water meet, thus to establish brackish conditions. Brackish water has a salinity which fluctuates with the tides and the wet and dry seasons. It is neither salt water nor freshwater, but the intermediary between both. It occurs where freshwater interact with salt water.

Characteristics of Estuarine Habitat

Some characteristics of estuarine habitat include:

  1. It has a fluctuating salinity
  2. It has Poor aerated substratum or saturated soil that lack oxygen.
  3. There is mild wave action.
  4. There is high and low tidal influence.
  5. Soil erosion is prominent.
  6. It is exposed and prone to flood periodically.

EVALUATION

  1. Define estuarine habitat.

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