Estuaries are considered as nutrient rich and trap

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13.Biodiversity and Conservation

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Estuaries are considered as nutrient rich and trap

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Solution

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water, which has a free connection with the open sea, thus strongly affected by tidal action and within which sea water is mixed with freshwater from land drainage, $e . g_{v}$ river mouths, coastal bays, tidal marshes and water bodies behind barrier beaches.

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Biology