Environment

Expert Test: Woodland-Ocean Ecological Ties

Unravel advanced links from mangroves to kelp and river plumes to salmon runs in this rigorous 6-question ordeal.

#blue carbon#coastal forests#marine nutrients#AMOC dynamics#nutrient cycles#hypoxic zones#kelp forests#mangrove sequestration

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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

1
On a per-hectare basis, mangrove forests sequester carbon at rates up to how many times higher than tropical rainforests?
Question 1
2
Runoff from the Mississippi River watershed, including deforested areas, fuels the Gulf of Mexico dead zone mainly via excess which nutrients?
Question 2
3
Kelp forests achieve long-term carbon sequestration chiefly when detached fronds sink to ocean depths exceeding?
Question 3
4
Freshwater from the Congo rainforest basin via the Congo River affects the salinity of which key ocean circulation system?
Question 4
5
Saharan dust iron fertilizes Amazon forests and reaches the North Atlantic Ocean via rivers to boost phytoplankton in what type of regions?
Question 5
6
In Pacific Northwest ecosystems, spawning salmon deliver ocean-derived nutrients to forests, supplying up to what percentage of nitrogen in certain riparian zones?
Question 6

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