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This poster shows the diversity of Western Australia's marine and coastal environments and the increasing number of activities that place growing pressure on the sustainability of our aquatic resources.
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This presentation is a related resource for the Lessons: What's a fish? - Year 3 and What's a fish? - Year 5
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The Western Australian marine environment is home to a number of species that are protected under international agreements and national or state legislation.
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Animals have developed feeding and defence mechanisms to help them survive int heir natural habitats. We need to be aware of these to avoid being accidentally injured.
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Not your normal grass. Seagrasses area a marine flowering plant that can live underwater.
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Spiny-skinned creatures from the ocean. With echino meaning spiny and derm meaning skin - 'echinoderms' have to be spiny-skinned animals.
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Ancient, colourful and full of holes! Not only for use in the bath.
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Soft bodies, hard shells. Molluscs, one of the largest groups in the animal kingdom, have soft bodies and generally have a hard shell for protection - so they are often called 'shellfish'.
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These animals are covered with a protective outer shell so are names crustacean, meaning 'hard-shelled'. Crustaceans belong to the group of animals called arthropods, meaning 'joint-legged'.
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Why do dead fish float? how do fish that live on the bottom stay there and not float to the surface? How do fish move around in the water? These are all serious questions about fish survival and the ancient science of physics.
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The name cnidarians comes from the greek word 'cnidos', meaning stinging nettle. A key feature of these animals is the presence of 'nematocysts' or stinging cells, found mainly in the tentacles.
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For a species to survive, it must reproduce successfully and in the ocean, as on land, this is not always easy.
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In the ocean, as on land, communication happens between individuals and between species.
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With the existence of many predators in the environment, aquatic animals have developed an amazing variety of defence mechanisms.
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Estuaries are an essential part of Western Australia's coastal environment. The sheltered waters, abundance of food and lack of large predatory fish provide a key habitat for many fish species, for either some or all of their lifecycle.
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There are a number of finfish species found within Western Australia's nearshore environment - waters from the high tide mark, seawards to a depth of approximately 20 metres.
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Pelagic fish mostly live in the open ocean, although part of their lifecycle maybe spent in nearshore waters. Unlike demersal species such as pink snapper that live near the sea bed and coral trout that live around the reefs, pelagic fish can be found anywhere from the surface down to depths of more than 1,000 metres.
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There are approximately 500 shark species worldwide and more than 100 of these are found in Western Australian waters.
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Color me in. Who is hiding in the sea?
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 08.05.2019
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