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Lec 3: Coastal management - Coggle Diagram
Lec 3: Coastal management
Seagrasses
Marine angiosperm
Flowering plant that can live in saline environment
Function
Provide food and shelter
Dugong, manatee and green turtles
Shelter for juvenile fish and crustacean
Can act as nursery ground
Decrease the waves's impact
Prevent coastal erosion
Trap nutrient and sediment
Decrease turbidity
Increase photosynthesis rate
Distribution
Subpolar to tropical region
Seaweed
Benthic marine algae
Make own food (consist photosynthetic pigments)
Attach to substratum by holdfast
Distribution
Tidal Marsh
Herbs, low shrubs and grass communities that can be tolerance with flood and salinity
Can found at subpolar to subtropics region
Mangroves
Distribution