The following questions from schools are answered by Marine Researcher Dr Kura Paul-Burke

1. What are some species that live in Ōhiwa Harbour?

2. Where does the fresh water that enters the harbour come from?

3. How do animals live in estuaries if they consist of salt and fresh water?

4. What are the non-living elements of the harbour ecosystem?

5. What are the producers, consumers, decomposers, and inorganic matter in the harbour?

6. How are humans harming the ecosystem?

7. What effect is nearby farming having?

8. What would happen if the mussels disappeared?

9. How can we prevent sedimentation?

10. What is the current health of Ōhiwa Harbour?

11. What are fiords?

12. How do we stop over-fishing?

13. Can you explain what sedimentation is?

14. What would happen without fish?

15. Is Ohiwa Harbour protected?

16. How many plastic bags are going into the ocean?

17. Do starfish help clean the ecosystem too?

18. If we recorded all of the connections for the marine ecosystems what would it look like?

19. How can we help to stop the pollution?

20. What are the areas the marine environment can be divided into?

21. What is an estuary?

22. Other than mussels, what other species of sea creature filter water?

23. In the harbour behind you, do other species of sharks come in?

24. What is the local food chain?

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