Question

PasteB IU s-% , 400400 Lİ cell styles" Form 1 Phylum Class Common name Scientific name Abundance Predators Clams, Oysters, Mussels, Small Arthropoda Crustacea Green Crab 3 Chordata Actinopterygii Sea Ribbon 4 Chordata Ray finned fish Scup 5 Chordata ActinopterygiiSummer Flounder dentatus 6 Chordata Actinopterygi Black Sea Bass Centropristis striafa Carcinus maenas Trachipteridae Stenotomus Paralichthys R Humans, Fish A Human, Fish C Cod, Hakes, Sea Raven Clams, crab bits, and sea worms Clams, crab bits, and sea worms shrimps and crabs Humans, Spiny Dogfish, Sea Raven, Sand lance, menhaden, squid, Humans, Bluefish, Weakfish, Striped Rock Crabs, Hermit Crabs, Squids, bass, Dusky Sharks R R Mackerel, Tuna, Swordfish, Martin R Sea Slugs, Hawksbill turtle C Fish, worms R Humans Razor Clams Planktons Small Crustaceans Plankton Bilvalves 7 Chordata ActinopterygiFlying Fish Porifera Demospongiae Sponge Comb Jellies Snail Porifera Ctenophora Euspira heros 10 Mollusca Gastropoda Based on your table and the data collected on abundance, what do you think are the dominant organisms in the benthos of Long Island Sound. What organisms are likely to play a role in maintaining diversity. Justify your answer 15 16 17 18 21 24

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Answer 1

Long Island Sound is a tidal estuary of the Atlantic ocean off the north-eastern coast of the USA.

The most abundant species in the benthic region of the island are green crabs, summer flounders, black sea bass, sponges and snails [ based on the data provided].

Small crustaceans and arthropods are likely to play an important role in maintaining species diversity in the region. This is so because they grow abundantly and form the diet of most of the other animals found in the zone. They feed on seeweeds which grow in abundance on rocks on the sea floor as well in the regions between high tide and low tide.

The benthic zone is one of the most productive biological systems in the world. Along the Long Island Sound, they produce three to seven tonns per acre a year of vegetation. This directly contributes to the great finfish and shellfish production of the sound.