| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Halophyte | plant growing naturally in very salty soil |
| Hydrophyte | plants that are adapted to grow either submerged in water or floating on the surface or submerged in mud |
| Univalve | a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes |
| Detritus | Known as natures soup, made of dead animals, animal waste, decomposed marsh grass |
| Hammock | Island of trees in the marsh, an area of trees growing in a wetland |
| Estuary | the wide part of a river where it nears the sea |
| Brackish Water | water with more salinity |
| Substrate | the substance acted upon by an enzyme or ferment |
| Hydric Soil | different physically and chemically from dry soils spaces between soil grains are filled with water |
| Open Wetland System | flow of material in and out of the system |
| Anaerobic | living without oxygen, determined by ATP supplied by the creatine phosphate systme |
| Salinity | amount of salt dissolved in seawater usually measured in ppt (parts per thousand) |
| Salt Pans | so much salt nothing can live there |
| Decomposers | They break down the complex compounds of dead and decaying plants and animals into simpler molecules that can be more easily absorbed |
| Consumers | All animals are ____ |
| Plankton | the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water |
| Zooplankton | animal constituent of plankton |
| Epiphyte | plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain |
| Spartina | grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands |
| Bivalve | marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together |
| Wind Shear | A strong and sudden shift in wind speed or direction, which may be either vertical or horizontal. Wind shear should not be confused with normal wind change, which is gentler. Wind shear is often associated with the passage of a weather front, or a strong |
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