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Across 3. the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water 5. the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet 6. the zone of the shore or beach above the high-water line, acted upon only by severe storms or exceptionally high tides 7. the position or function of an organism in a community of plants and animals 9. an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances 12. an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals 13. The region of breaking waves 14. an organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganic substances

Down 1. "ancient mariners" 2. most abuntant species of algae 4. place that an organism lives 8. a group of organisms that live together in a habitat 10. the area of the nearshore that is intermittently covered and uncovered by wave run-up 11. a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community (2 words)