Chesapeake Bay Research

BY: Shradha Rathore

Why is it important to have a variety of living things in the Bay ?

It is important to have a variety of living things in the bay. The Blue Crabs help to, keep the food source going. The Striped-bass are important to the bay because they eat allege. The ribbon worms are important to the bay because they eat marine allege. My research will show that how Blue crabs, Striped-bass, and ribbon worms are important to the bay.

The Blue Crabs!

There are 459 million Blue crabs in the bay. They are scavengers so they come out at night. The Blue crabs are important to some of the fishes in the bay. Blue crabs are really important to humans because allot of people really on them. Blue crabs eat plants and fishes they also eat dead plants and fishes. They stay in the bay some of the Blue crabs come out of the bay. Blue crabs mostly feed on plantation.

Striped Bass!

Striped bass are also known as Rock fish. The biggest striped bass was caught in the Chesapeake bay! Striped bass are important to people who earn there living for fishing. After hatching striped bass move to the Atlantic ocean. Small young striped bass are eaten by other fishes. Striped bass eat fishes that are small. Striped bass live through winter, summer, and spring.

Ribbon worms!

Ribbon worms look like ribbons because they have proboscis. Ribbon worms eat fish or snails. Ribbon worms eat other big fishes like spot and corker. They also eat marine algae. Some ribbon worms prefer a lot of salt in the bay. Ribbon worms usually live in borrows into the soft sands. A ribbon worm was found in the bay inside a clam!

Conclusion

In conclusion I learned that a variety of animals live in the bay. Also they are all important because they all have different roles in the bay to keep the bay clean. Like how some animals eat marine allege (Ribbon worms) and (Blue crabs )eat dead fishes.

Bibliography

• Bay 101• http://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/

bay101 • Bayville • http://bayville.thinkport.org