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== Lagoons == | == Lagoons == | ||
<ref>http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/lagoon/?ar_a=1</ref> | <ref>http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/lagoon/?ar_a=1</ref> | ||
-shallow water surrounded by barriers such as coral reefs, barrier islands, sand bars. | |||
=== Coastal Lagoons === | |||
-sheltered by sandbars or barrier islands. sometimes called estuaries. | |||
=== Atoll Lagoons === | |||
-sheltered by coral reefs | |||
=== Hapua === | |||
-primarily freshwater, located near river mouths | |||
== Locations == | == Locations == | ||
-Sounds of North Carolina | |||
-Great barrier reef lagoon | |||
-Venice | |||
-Maldives | |||
-New Caledonia<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1115</ref> | |||
== Plant and Animal life in Lagoons == | == Plant and Animal life in Lagoons == | ||
-numerous species of fish endemic to lagoon conditions such as in new caledonia<ref>http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/150626/</ref><ref>Marquet, G. & Mary, N. 1999. Comments on some New Caledonian freshwater fishes of economical and biogeographical interest. In B. Seret & J.-Y. Sire. (Eds.), Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conference, Noumea, 1997. pp. 29-39.</ref> | |||
== Importance to Coral Reefs == | == Importance to Coral Reefs == | ||
<ref>http://imedea.uib-csic.es/master/cambioglobal/Modulo_III_cod101608/Tema_9-eutrofizacion_hipoxia%20agua+sedimento/eutrofizacion%20+%20impacto%20hipoxia/water%20res%2026%20pp553-568.pdf</ref> | <ref>http://imedea.uib-csic.es/master/cambioglobal/Modulo_III_cod101608/Tema_9-eutrofizacion_hipoxia%20agua+sedimento/eutrofizacion%20+%20impacto%20hipoxia/water%20res%2026%20pp553-568.pdf</ref> | ||
-serve as a nursery area for a number of species<ref>http://www.batiquitosfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Factsheet_Fish.pdf</ref> | |||
=== Dangers: Eutrophication === | === Dangers: Eutrophication === | ||
<ref>http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/techrpt/83-01.pdf</ref> | <ref>http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/techrpt/83-01.pdf</ref> | ||
-being near shore, runoff and other human influences lead to eutorophication which destroys the habitat making it unusable for current species | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 21:12, 23 February 2015
Lagoons
[1] -shallow water surrounded by barriers such as coral reefs, barrier islands, sand bars.
Coastal Lagoons
-sheltered by sandbars or barrier islands. sometimes called estuaries.
Atoll Lagoons
-sheltered by coral reefs
Hapua
-primarily freshwater, located near river mouths
Locations
-Sounds of North Carolina -Great barrier reef lagoon -Venice -Maldives -New Caledonia[2]
Plant and Animal life in Lagoons
-numerous species of fish endemic to lagoon conditions such as in new caledonia[3][4]
Importance to Coral Reefs
[5] -serve as a nursery area for a number of species[6]
Dangers: Eutrophication
[7] -being near shore, runoff and other human influences lead to eutorophication which destroys the habitat making it unusable for current species
References
- ↑ http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/lagoon/?ar_a=1
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1115
- ↑ http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/150626/
- ↑ Marquet, G. & Mary, N. 1999. Comments on some New Caledonian freshwater fishes of economical and biogeographical interest. In B. Seret & J.-Y. Sire. (Eds.), Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conference, Noumea, 1997. pp. 29-39.
- ↑ http://imedea.uib-csic.es/master/cambioglobal/Modulo_III_cod101608/Tema_9-eutrofizacion_hipoxia%20agua+sedimento/eutrofizacion%20+%20impacto%20hipoxia/water%20res%2026%20pp553-568.pdf
- ↑ http://www.batiquitosfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Factsheet_Fish.pdf
- ↑ http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/techrpt/83-01.pdf