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Description of Biomes that Pollution Affects

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Estuary: The biome in which salt water and fresh water meet.
        - Marshes
        - Near the coast
        - Fish nesting grounds
        - Makes up most of Massachusetts coast

Animal Life
   Birds
   -Canada Goose
   -Great Blue Heron
   -Great Egret
   Shell Fish
-Lobsters
   -Crabs
   -Clams
    Land Animals
-Skunks
   -Opossums
   -Raccoons

Plant Life
   -Saltgrass
   -Saltwort
   -Lyngbyei's Sedge

Marine: The biome that most of the Earth is made of (Oceanic)
      - Consists of the open sea, salt water
      - Consists of both Photic and Aphotic Zones
      - Divided into Intertidal, Neretic, Pelagic, Deep Sea, and Benthic zones

Animal Life:
Whales
- Both Baleen and Toothed
Various Saltwater fish, numerous plankton species, sharks, crustaceans.

Plant Life:
- Various Sea Algae, such as Kelp
- Many species of plankton, including phytoplankton, the world's foremost producer of oxygen.