Water Biomes

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high-water tables, and as settling basins to
reduce pollution downstream. Despite their great environmental value, marshes
are continually being destroyed by drainage and filling.

Marine Life, plants and animals of the sea, from the high-tide mark
along the shore to the depths of the ocean. These organisms fall into three
major groups: the benthos, plants such as kelp and animals such as brittle stars
that live on or depend on the bottom; the nekton, swimming animals such as
fishes and whales that move independently of water currents; and plankton,
various small to microscopic organisms that are carried along by the currents.

Shore Life, the essentially marine organisms that inhabit the region
bounded on one side by the height of the extreme high tide and on the other by
the height of the extreme low tide. Within these boundaries organisms face a
severe environment imposed by the rise and fall of tides. For up to half of a
24-hour period, the environment is marine; the rest ...

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