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    Eelgrass is the scientific name Zostera marina, it is a dull green color and grows in beds along coastlines. It is a foundation species that creates habitat for other organisms by slowing water currents allowing plankton and small filter feeders to settle, and providing shelter. Loss of eelgrass impacts the food chain from plankton to larger creatures and species that rely on eelgrass directly or indirectly, like herring that lay eggs in eelgrass beds. Transplanting healthy eelgrass is a way to restore beds that have been lost.

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    Worksheet to accompany Life on the Coast: Eelgrass episode.

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    Eelgrass is the scientific name Zostera marina, it is a dull green color and grows in beds along coastlines. It is a foundation species that creates habitat for other organisms by slowing water currents allowing plankton and small filter feeders to settle, and providing shelter. Loss of eelgrass impacts the food chain from plankton to larger creatures and species that rely on eelgrass directly or indirectly, like herring that lay eggs in eelgrass beds. Transplanting healthy eelgrass is a way to restore beds that have been lost.

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    Life On The Coast Eelgrass Worksheets Key

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    Eelgrass is the scientific name Zostera marina, it is a dull green color and grows in beds along coastlines. It is a foundation species that creates habitat for other organisms by slowing water currents allowing plankton and small filter feeders to settle, and providing shelter. Loss of eelgrass impacts the food chain from plankton to larger creatures and species that rely on eelgrass directly or indirectly, like herring that lay eggs in eelgrass beds. Transplanting healthy eelgrass is a way to restore beds that have been lost.

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    Life on the Coast: Eelgrass


    1. True 4. c. Dull green

    2. False 5. d. All answers above

    3. a. Zostera marina

    6. Three of: climate change/rising ocean temperatures/


    biodiversity loss/foreign pollutants/land runoff/fertilizers/
    gas/sediment

    7a. A foundation species creates or defines the habitat that it is in.

    7b. One of: coral reef/eelgrass bed or meadow

    8. One+ of: slow the current of waters/plankton settle/shelter for


    aquatic species

    9. c. Plankton → Small filter feeders → bigger creatures

    10. One+ of: the species that rely on it, both directly and indirectly,
    are put at risk/herring cannot lay their eggs/ impacts on predators

    11. Transplanting involves introducing healthy eelgrass to estuary


    beds lacking it by anchoring them to the seafloor artificially until
    they mature and grow independently.

    12. Student driven answer.

    YoungCoast BC

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