FOREST ECOLOGY
FOREST SUCCESSION
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Question
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The high winds and flooding caused by hurricanes can affect coastal ecosystems in many ways. A hurricane would most likely affect these ecosystems by ____
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Possibly reducing some animal populations
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Removing most pollutants from the water
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Discouraging hunting and trapping in the area
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Creating new barrier islands along the coastline
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hurricane force winds can destroy buildings and mobile homes, down trees and power lines, and transform signs, roofing, and small items into dangerous flying missiles. Winds associated with a hurricane are most intense near the center of the storm.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tropical storms and hurricanes most frequently occur off the Southeast and mid-Atlantic coasts, but they can also roam the Atlantic Basin anywhere between the northern Bahamas and Atlantic Canada, in the Gulf of Mexico, the eastern Caribbean Sea and the western tropical Atlantic (to the east of the Lesser Antilles).
Detailed explanation-3: -storm surge and storm tide. heavy rainfall and inland flooding. high winds. rip currents. tornadoes.
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