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☆☆☆☆☆An estuary is the mouth of a river or part of a river that is at sea level that has freshwater at low tides and salt water at high tides. They are usually enclosed and sometimes when water rushes in with the high tide it can create a tidal bore, or a wave, that will keep going until its energy is spent. The are also known as bays, lagoons, harbors, inlets, and sounds. An estuary is rich in plant life with many adaptations in order to survive the salty sea water. They also have a lot of bird life.
the movement of deep, cold, nutrient-rich water goes up to the surface. Up-welling can be rising of any liquid.
water moving up from the benthic zone
A climax community is a stable community of a diverse number of species. The repetitive replacements of serial community's eventually leads to a establishment known as a climax community. An example can be Australia, because it is a climax forest ecosystem
Its a community in its final stage of sucession
A line where temperature changes.
genes contain the code to make proteins
proteins are made from instructions in genes
water, sunlight, and also the temperature
it is used to transfer genetic information
The rabbit's habitat. APEX
The fern's habitat
