BIO 120 quiz 4 - lecture 2 Exam Questions
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coastal subtidal habitats are seagrasses, algae, epibenthic
dominated by foundation species invertebrates, corals
like...
takeaway from seagrass beds - 70 different species
video - can cover 600k square km
- captures carbon 35 times faster than
rainforests
- slow down marine currents, reduces
coastal
erosion
- species depend on for food, shelter and
nursery
- support endangered species
- seagrass habitats are being removed for
appearance; bad
seagrass beds are... angiosperms (flowering plants) that
transitioned
from land to sea
angiosperms can reproduce sexually; asexually
____________ but mostly
reproduce
___________
, seagrass beds occur in soft ~5 m
sediments down to what depth?
what are limiting factors of light (need high)
seagrass flow (need intermediate)
beds? turbidity (need low; high turbidity=low
water clarity)
in susan williams paper on transplaned seagrasses to create plots
seagrass with
diversity and disturbance, how different numbers of seagrass species:
was 1,2,4, or 5
seagrasses tested? species
in susan willliams' paper on seagrass survivorship is higher in more
seagrass diverse
diversity and disturbance, what is plots
the
relationship between survivorship
and species richness?
in hughes and stachowics paper ealgrass shoots in plots containing 1,2,4,
about seagrass disturbance, what and 8
was planted? genotypes
in hughes and stachowics paper Brant geese ate nearly 80% of eelgrass;
about seagrass disturbance, what measured
was seen before and after grazing recovery after grazing as a function of
and what was measured? diversity
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Updated 2026
coastal subtidal habitats are seagrasses, algae, epibenthic
dominated by foundation species invertebrates, corals
like...
takeaway from seagrass beds - 70 different species
video - can cover 600k square km
- captures carbon 35 times faster than
rainforests
- slow down marine currents, reduces
coastal
erosion
- species depend on for food, shelter and
nursery
- support endangered species
- seagrass habitats are being removed for
appearance; bad
seagrass beds are... angiosperms (flowering plants) that
transitioned
from land to sea
angiosperms can reproduce sexually; asexually
____________ but mostly
reproduce
___________
, seagrass beds occur in soft ~5 m
sediments down to what depth?
what are limiting factors of light (need high)
seagrass flow (need intermediate)
beds? turbidity (need low; high turbidity=low
water clarity)
in susan williams paper on transplaned seagrasses to create plots
seagrass with
diversity and disturbance, how different numbers of seagrass species:
was 1,2,4, or 5
seagrasses tested? species
in susan willliams' paper on seagrass survivorship is higher in more
seagrass diverse
diversity and disturbance, what is plots
the
relationship between survivorship
and species richness?
in hughes and stachowics paper ealgrass shoots in plots containing 1,2,4,
about seagrass disturbance, what and 8
was planted? genotypes
in hughes and stachowics paper Brant geese ate nearly 80% of eelgrass;
about seagrass disturbance, what measured
was seen before and after grazing recovery after grazing as a function of
and what was measured? diversity
