Louisiana Coastal Ecosystems / Ecosyst

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Louisiana Coastal Ecosystems / Ecosystèmes
Côtiers de Louisiane
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A Diverse Coast

• Oyster reefs / récif dhuîtres
• Salt marsh / Marais salés
• Terrestrial / sur la côte
• Intertidal / prés de locean
• Muddy flats / vasières
• Coral Reefs/ récifs coralliens
• Oil rigs/ Plateforme pétrolière

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Oyster reefs / récif dhuîtres

• Big obvious piles of oysters
• Host hundreds of other species including
  fish, snails, worms and other bivalves

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Salt marsh / Marais salés
Intertidal/ proche de locéan
Terrestrial/ sur la côte
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Muddy flats / Vasières

• Often below salt marsh
• Houses hidden animals (worms, crabs, shrimp,
  clams)
• Many birds feed here

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CoralReefs Near Louisianarécifs coralliens
près de la Louisiane
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Oil rigs - Plateforme pétrolièreProvide
artificial structure for marine life- vertebrate
and invertebrate