Describe at least 3 effects of mangrove destruction on marine habitats
What will be an ideal response?
Fifty percent of mangrove habitat has been removed for commercial development. This leads to a loss in local fisheries, and contributes to contamination of coastal waters. Salinity has increased in estuaries and sediments are destabilized with the loss of the mangroves roots. Coastlines become destabilized and greenhouse gases increase.
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A. causes bent, immobile little fingers. B. is inherited as a dominant trait. C. shows less than complete penetrance. D. shows varying expressivity. E. is characterized by all of these.
Elements differ from each other in their
a. physical properties only. b. atomic number only. c. type of subatomic particles. d. physical properties and atomic number. e. type of electrons.
In a gymnosperm, pollen is produced in the male ____ and is transported by the wind to the female cone.
A. anther B. stamen C. cone D. pistil
A gene pool refers to all of the alleles found in _________.
a. an individual b. parents and their youngsters c. a species d. all species of living organisms