Adaptations of seagrass

Adaptations:
-seagrass has horizontal roots called rhizomes which help them stay put when waves brush up against them.
-sea grass has adapted to salt water

How seagrass provides food:
-animals like the manatee and turtle eat seagrass
-when seagrass dies the organic material turns into detritus.

Animals:
Residents- live permanently in sea grass
Migrants- travel from the coral reef to the sea grass to eat and then travel back
Travelers- rarely ever come to the seagrassseagrass