Introduction An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants‚ animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air‚ water and mineral soil)‚ interacting as a system.[2] These biotic and abiotic components are regarded as linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows.[3] As ecosystems are defined by the network of interactions among organisms‚ and between organisms and their environment‚[4] they can be of any size but usually
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marshes ranging from South Carolina to eastern Texas. It uses the shallow marshes to help gain strong advantages against it’s prey. The alligator’s color matches the moss covering the water‚ making it harder for the prey to see the alligator. In freshwater swamps and marshes‚ the American Alligator tends to be an independent reptile meaning it does not usually hang around other alligators until mating season. When this occurs‚ male alligators will group with
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Aquatic habitats The variability in marine salinity between habitats does not impact the fish living there True. Which energy pyramid cannot be inverted? Pyramid of energy Which marine habitat would have the least access to primary producers? Deep sea and sea floor Which of the following aquatic environment would not freeze in water Salt marsh Less than 0.1% True The most productive marine habitats are in the open ocean False If a stationary body of water has a constant temperature from
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Table of Contents Abstract 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 Causes of Demand For Water 5 2.1 Industrial Demand 5 2.1.1 Industrial Water Consumption 5 2.2 Agricultural Demand 6 2.2.1 Population Growth 6 2.3 Consumer Demand 7 2.3.1 Economic Growth 7 3.0 Solutions to Water Scarcity 8 3.1 Watershed Methods 8 3.2 Conservation Techniques 9 3.3 Reclaimed Water 10 4.0 Conclusion 11
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Physiological Adaptation of Fish to Its Environment BIO101 March 11‚2013 Physiological Adaptation of Fish to Its Environment All organisms around the world are sparsely distributed depending on the environment that best suited to their modes of survival. Organisms undergo adaptation – an evolutionary process where they became well-suited to a particular
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seventy-five. Freshwater‚ drinkable water‚ is the most critical natural resource to humans. As time goes by‚ the world’s population expands more rapidly‚ but there is no more freshwater on the Earth than there was two thousand years ago‚ when the population was three percent of its current size. Overpopulation has also increased industrial development‚ which contributes to massive urbanization and rising of living standards. The increase in industry shrinks the amount of freshwater available because
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Coral reefs are one of the world’s hidden treasures. In a coral reef‚ you can find anything from plants to certain types of animals. Some of the coral that you might see can be dangerous and fatal to humans. While some coral reefs are dangerous‚ others aren’t. There are a lot of things in a coral reef and many topics worth being discussed‚ but only three topics will be touched on throughout this paper. The first topic is the food web within the coral reefs; the second topic being discussed will be
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world. If fish did not exist on the planet‚ the future as we know it would not exist and possibly the world would be a barren lifeless wasteland with little to no life in existence. There are thousands of species of fish that range from saltwater to freshwater and continent to continent.
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Surface Water Pollution Freshwater makes up less than three percent of earth’s water‚ but is the source of virtually all drinking water.55 percent of that water comes from reservoirs‚ rivers‚ and lakes‚ These sources‚ called surface water‚ are vulnerable to pollution discharged out of pipes and precipitating out of the air but the primary source of their pollution today is runoff‚ pollutants washing off the land. These nonpoint or scattered sources are not easily traceable. fertilizers used
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Water is a finite resource which means that the total amount of water in the planet is only limited. Its supply remains the same and yet human population recently grows resulting to a decrease of available amount of freshwater per person. The relatively small amount of available freshwater elaborates on how critical it is for everyone to help preserve and maintain clean‚ healthy lakes and streams‚ our sources of water. Water is mostly now being wasted because it is under-priced. We do not realize the
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