Sessile invertebrates are animals without backbones that attach to reefs or seagrasses and barely move, such as bryozoans and ascidians. Their predators include sea stars, crabs, and snails, among ...

Two estuaries in the South East are among those most at risk of losing important habitats to rising seas and human ...

Estuaries are thriving but delicate ecosystems for a rich assortment of plants and animals Estuaries are thriving but delicate ecosystems for a rich assortment of plants and animals, providing ...

Even animals like orcas, which rarely enter estuaries, rely on the food these areas produce. Thorne said estuaries can support so much life because they’re at the interface between land and sea ...

Estuaries are safe from the high-energy waves of the ocean and ... More flush with nutrients to support marine life, making them nurseries for many animals. Estuaries are natural safe-havens for ...

Why does this matter? Well, many food items, such as prawns, oysters, crabs and fish, are harvested from estuaries. And many of these animals feed in or live in sediment. That means there’s a ...

Sessile invertebrates are animals without backbones that attach ... among other species. Estuaries a unique environment In estuaries, changes in salinity and water temperature strongly influence ...