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Sentence Examples Jaw prehension is common in aquatic frogs, often in combination with abortive tongue protraction, but suction feeding is present only in pipids. A former Rossendale town centre bank that has stood empty for nine years is on the verge of reopening as an aquatic centre. This systemic aquatic herbicide is easily applied using a cyclone-type spreader. As observed earlier, the Convention applies to biodiversity from all sources, viz. terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic sources. Gas vesicles are gas-filled intracellular structures that provide buoyancy in many unicellular aquatic organisms. Shoreline plants include soft-stem bulrush, hardstem bulrush, river bulrush and an aquatic, purple-petaled wildflower known as water willow. This spells disaster for aquatic life unable to adjust to the altered conditions. When in bloom, buckbean is unlikely to be confused with other Northwest aquatic plants. He hoped that building ponds would give ducks resting space and ample habitat for aquatic vegetation to grow. Most fungi of the Phylum Chytridiomycota break down vegetable matter in aquatic systems, but some are parasitic on diatoms or insects. The children's trays began to fill with mayfly nymphs, aquatic sow bugs, and the larvae of blackflies, caddis flies, and bloodred midges. New to southern Florida's cypress domes is wetland nightshade, also known as aquatic soda apple. California red-legged frogs breed in aquatic habitats such as streams, ponds, marshes, and stock ponds. Comparable studies of fishes and other aquatic vertebrates are scarce, despite a wealth of neontological data. Previous studies have shown that loons forage within aquatic habitats and nearshore marine waters of the Beaufort Sea. The Quitobaquito spring snail is a tiny, 0.06 inch long aquatic snail that belongs to the Hydrobiidae family. Bluegills are carnivores, primarily eating invertebrates such as snails, worms, shrimp, aquatic insects, small crayfish, and zooplankton. While in freshwater, Chinook Salmon fry and smolts feed on plankton and then terrestrial and aquatic insects, amphipods and crustaceans. Emissions of sulfur dioxide and metals from smelters can cause damage to surrounding terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They show a number of typical adaptations for aquatic life, such as dorsal orbits and nares and somewhat shortened limbs. Show More Sentences One or two pairs of tentacles are found on the head, depending on whether the snail or slug is terrestrial or aquatic. But fly-fishers claim mute swans are stripping these rivers of water crowfoot, an aquatic plant crucial to trout and the insects they eat. The Troumassee river once existed as a significant body of water with an abundance of aquatic life. This group developed elongated bodies and reduced limbs as an adaptation to a completely aquatic existence. If you look at dolphins, orcas, and blue whales, all fully aquatic animals, you would have a hard time imagining them walking on land. Adults sirens are aquatic and neotenic, with lengths ranging from 4-36 inches. We get everything from herbivorous reptiles to aquatic animals that eat bloodworms. Many of these aquatic monsters are thought to be seriously threatened by overfishing and habitat destruction. Small fish and a variety of other aquatic creatures, including mollusks and crustaceans, make up the Pigeon Guillemot's diet. The mallards, golden-eyes and trumpeters were still there, working the shallows of the river for aquatic plants. Naked lobose amoebae are among the most abundant group of protists present in all aquatic and terrestrial biotopes. In the end, the sustainability of the aquaculture industry will benefit from a description of the gastrointestinal biota of aquatic organisms. Formation of methyl-mercury in aquatic environments leads to biomagnification and neurotoxicity in consuming mammals. These compounds bioaccumulate in lipid-rich tissues of aquatic organisms including marine mammals. In the Great Lakes ecosystem, PCBs have bioaccumulated in the aquatic food web, especially in predator fish and in the fatty tissues of humans. It paddles along the surface for thirty seconds, then dives to trawl the muddy bottom for worms and aquatic insects. Darwin had already cited the mink and the otter as transitional in conversion of land carnivores to aquatic habits. Most aquatic animals use the jet-stream propulsion in a form of propagating a transverse wave along the body from head to tail. Riparian forest buffers also stabilize streambanks and provide shaded areas for aquatic habitat. It is in this aquatic environment that the infant first encounters buoyant lift, gravitational pull and torque rotation. Show More Sentences He took a degree in microbiology and then a PhD in aquatic biology at Durham University before joining the water authority as a scientist. Both toothed whales and pinnipeds have lost functional replacement and it has been suggested that this is related to aquatic predation. Most amphibians hatch as aquatic, swimming larvae, then metamorphose into terrestrial forms. This was also the perfect time to take out the togs and find out what's in store at the biggest aquatic pool in Paris, Aqua Boulevard. The most basal anapsids, the mesosaurs, are oldest known fully aquatic reptiles. Mosquito larvae are an important food source for fish and other aquatic creatures, and the adults feed a lot of birds and bats. One of the most pleasing and appealing of all aquatic sports is synchronized swimming. The four disciplines of aquatic sports, namely swimming, water polo, diving and synchronized swimming are infelicitous and poorly represented. Their heterosporous life cycle is likely to be an adaptation to their aquatic habit. Well, the lagoons are shallow basins of water planted up with aquatic plant species that naturally occur in low-lying wetland areas. Experimental tests with aquatic species have backed up the theoretical predictions. Before tetrapods existed, vertebrates were all confined to living in aquatic habitats. The long toes may help screamers walk on emergent and submerged aquatic vegetation. Both the water ferns and Ceratopteris occur in clades with terrestrial ferns and the aquatic habit appears to be derived in these lineages. Northern Waterthrushes eat large aquatic and terrestrial insects, small crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such antipredator behavior is extremely common, occurring in taxa ranging from aquatic invertebrates to terrestrial mammals. The fact that many crustaceans, being omnivorous, may act as scavengers and eat the corpses of fellow aquatic creatures need not be a deterrent. The domes will contain different freshwater environments containing fish and aquatic mammals. Malacostracans play such an important role in aquatic ecosystems that their conservation is an important issue. During the visit three different habitats were studied by sampling the vegetation and aquatic life using quadrates and pond nets respectively. Show More Sentences Eventually, it melts to supply water and nutrients to plants and aquatic organisms. Young Atlantic salmon in streams eat mainly the larvae of aquatic insects such as blackflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, and chironomids. The researchers conducted their experiments by beaming radio waves at aquariums stocked with different species of aquatic life. They will also prey on crayfish, frogs, tadpoles, and other aquatic dwellers. They also eat other small aquatic creatures, including fish eggs and very small fish, and will feed at salmon spawning areas. In summer, aquatic insects, other aquatic invertebrates, and some plant material are eaten. In place of managed turf to the water's edge, plant aquatic vegetation along out-of-play shorelines. They prefer waters with a hard bottom of clay or gravel with clear waters and usually in or near aquatic vegetation. These and numerous other aquatic creatures and plants comprise a composite underwater stream ecosystem of the southeastern United States. Adequate flow in our rivers is necessary for the maintenance of aquatic life, to prevent saline water intrusion and to protect riparian rights. These lakes supported a fairly diverse aquatic fauna and were flanked by streamside terrestrial plant and animal communities. The Indo-Pacific is the most abundant oceanic region for aquatic life and Sipadan seems to be home for most of them. Part six examines phenology of particular life forms including aquatic plants and animals, insects, birds, and large mammals. Plankton are eaten by small fish and other animal organisms such as aquatic insects and their larvae, which in turn are eaten by larger fish. Frogs, crabs, molluscs, aquatic insects, and larvae are some of the items included in their diets. From there, the polluted water flowed west, devastating aquatic life in the Tisa River. A platypus feeds primarily on aquatic crustaceans, insect larvae, and some plants. As a result, the quality of the lake's water has deteriorated and its vast reserves of aquatic life are rapidly shrinking. They also forage in shallow water for aquatic invertebrates and catch insects on foliage or near the surface of water. Research shows that the wetland is home to at least 202 species of plants and 56 aquatic animals, including endangered frogs and turtles. Show More Sentences The general consensus seems to be that this particular aquatic adventure is too water logged for its own good. The camp facilities have classrooms for teaching music, art, drama, aquatic study, etc. Both land and water dwellers believe in river spirits, and aquatic masquerades reflect a shared ethos. The riverfront can be an aquatic center, complete with speedboats for water skiing. And you can add the other stories about the aquatic divers who will reach the Convention Center under water. So, imagine my surprise when I turned my masked face into the water and had a thriving aquatic housing project revealed to me in all its glory. For more than a decade, Lismore City Council has been testing the waters for a new aquatic facility for the city. The second part of the plan is meant to set up standards to ensure that enough water always remains in rivers to support the aquatic environment. Up close, looking at a typical Tomaselli is like looking through water into an artificial aquatic world. The orchids were delicate and beautiful and the aquarium and aquatic plants awesome. Olga, the Giant Pacific Octopus, is stealing the limelight at the popular aquatic centre. His latest installation, The Silent Evolution at Mexico's National Marine Park of Cancun, features 400 human lifecasts and their aquatic friends. North American river otters are important predators of fish and aquatic invertebrates. It is also used by people interested in research and conservation, or those simply interested in the spread of invasive aquatic animals. Battling invasive aquatics Texas has problems with harmful invasive aquatic plants. The rhynchobdellids are strictly aquatic leeches that have small, porelike mouths in the oral sucker. No aquatic herbicide is currently approved for submerged weed control that does not place some restriction on the use of the treated water. A critical specialization in the locomotor spectrum for aquatic animals is buoyancy. The population of aquatic birds, both resident and migratory, has also been affected by the reduction in the food supply. They typically eat insects and floating vegetable matter but their diet also includes zooplankton, aquatic insect larvae, and worms. Show More Sentences Annually, after I repot the aquatic plants, the pool briefly turns green as the algae eat stirred-up nutrients. Roswell springsnail, Koster's tryonia and Pecos assiminea are small aquatic snails, while the Noel's amphipod is a freshwater shrimp. Many species inhabited shallow aquatic environments and some may have been amphibious, emerging onto land for at least part of their life cycle. The eggs of most frogs hatch into aquatic, free-swimming larvae, commonly known as tadpoles. During the breeding season, aquatic insect larvae become a predominant part of the diet. The swans that flutter above, with garlands of lotuses or lilies in their beaks, suggest the cool fragrance of an aquatic environment. South America, in particular, has a host of species, from the dwarf fat-tailed mouse opposum to the yapok, an aquatic marsupial. Temperature preference undoubtedly is an important directing force in kineses or taxes of aquatic animals. Anatids inhabit aquatic habitats such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers and marshes. The royal party watched a dynamic display of aerial and aquatic action from the flight deck of aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. Females during the breeding season and the young eat many aquatic invertebrates, but aside from that, wigeons are plant-eaters. Apart from algae, perhaps we can also bioengineer seaweed or kelp for the same purpose in aquatic fuel farms. Mallards are omnivorous, eating seeds, stems, and roots from a variety of aquatic plants, especially sedges, grasses, pondweeds, and smartweeds. Its diet consists of aquatic insects which are attracted to its trenches by the aerated water it leaves in its wake. Typha spp. are highly productive aquatic plants that grow in a variety of habitats throughout wetlands worldwide. Although the waters eventually receded and the apes returned to land, their aquatic adaptions remained. Move over hydrilla, there's a bigger, meaner invasive aquatic weed in town. The weed impedes water's natural flow and can destroy native communities of aquatic plants and animals. Moreover, he says, the preserved skin of the webbed feet shows the same microscopic structure seen in aquatic birds today. In a half an hour, I quit this place, slip into the ocean, and hassle the local aquatic life with my snorkel and my submersible camera. Show More Sentences When acid rain falls in lakes and rivers, it increases the acidity of the water and can kill or seriously damage aquatic organisms. The water shrew of Eurasia weakens its aquatic prey with a similar saliva poison. The water opossum eats primarily crayfish, shrimp, fish, frogs, and possibly aquatic vegetation and fruit. Most aquatic plants prefer calm water, with the exception of watercress, which seems to prefer moving water. In the spring children catch butterflies, and in the summer they play with aquatic whirhgig beetles, true water beetles, and snails. Keeping a constant body temperature is the most serious challenge facing warm-blooded mammals in an aquatic environment. Beyond the horse paddock, a troop of capybaras, pig-size aquatic rodents, emerged from the tree line and settled serenely into a wallow. Sandy industrial deserts, once home to heavy excavation machinery, are increasingly being emptied and turned into little slices of splashy aquatic paradise. They said that in any case the incident only highlights their worry that the Gulf is an aquatic tinderbox. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in such diverse modes of life as climbers, burrowers, crawlers, aquatic forms, and even gliding types. Controlling aquatic vegetation is an ongoing struggle, and invasive non-native water plants such as giant salvinia, water hyacinth and hydrilla are a big part of the problem. There will be a large clubhouse, a grocery store, movie theatre, games room, fitness centre and an aquatic centre with water slides and other outdoor recreational activities. The album opens with shimmering, aquatic xylophones before the drums crash in with a fractured march, and a woozy bass spills like a cloud of ink all over everything. All round us, the lilies, lotuses, white trailing fronds of aquatic plants are opening up their own restaurants to a buzz of water beetles and insects. I swam around in circles, unwilling to return to the shore, unable to surrender this state of aquatic, marine grace to the dull, leaden heaviness of dry land. According to the guidance, the National Organic Program intends to publish organic certification standards for apiculture, mushrooms, greenhouses and aquatic animals. The second phase includes an aquatic center with water slides, and a third phase includes an auditorium that can be converted into an indoor soccer facility. An aquatic centre, due for completion in 2006, will provide two 50-metre pools and other facilities, whether or not the London Olympics bid succeeds. Besides the amusing circus and aquatic performances, visitors can have their pictures taken with a well-dressed bear or a large, semi-comatose tiger. I mean this is a great sport for the Olympics, they've got these wonderful aquatic centres built for every Olympics, you'd love to be in one of those, wouldn't you? Show More Sentences Work is continuing on the Clodiagh river to improve the aquatic environment by reducing pollution and preventing the river bed from drying up in summer. Early morning swimmers, those in the club for competition, water polo, canoe polo, underwater hockey, and mere sun lovers all find what they want at the town's aquatic centre. Pinnipeds are aquatic mammals with all flour limbs modified into flippers. The bill is packed with tens of thousands of electrical sensors operating to detect tiny electrical pulses that give away the movement of the animal's aquatic prey. The committee were quite annoyed this year with the fact that, after all the work carried out to improve the environment of the river to allow aquatic life to survive. All of the above aquatic plants grow with roots submerged and tops floating on the water, but some aquatics actually float, roots and all, like little boats. The distribution of aquatic macrophytes in shallow lakes is related in various ways to the physical characteristics of the lakes and their bottom sediments. Sessile aquatic macrophytes, however, cannot maintain the same well-defined three-dimensional structure because of the strong drag and shear forces of moving water. Shifts between aquatic and terrestrial habitats were likely promoted by the availability of malacostracans in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Small birds are altogether absent and, except the ordinary domestic fowl, we found only the tropic or man-of-war bird, petrels, gulls, and a variety of aquatic birds. The Crustaceamorpha are arguably the most well known of the arthropods because of their contributions to aquatic, aerial, and terrestrial food webs. These totals incorporate both terrestrial and aquatic angiosperms, together with gymnosperms, including the enigmatic gnetophyte Welwitschia mirabilis. During the breeding season, they also eat insects, especially dragonflies, mayflies, and caddis flies as they emerge from their aquatic larval stage. The aquatic theme is continued on the album cover and is a general metaphor for the melodiousness of the music which washes in and out but doesn't leave any lasting impact. Birds in coastal areas eat crabs and other aquatic creatures. There are about 6 to 14 species of tongueless, aquatic African frogs. The aquatic larvae or nymphs possess respiratory abdominal tracheal gills. Fruits are lethal for snails, some aquatic life including bilharzia fluke. Visual signals are also used in aquatic environments, however turbid water reduces visibility very rapidly and may adversely effect visual communication. Hawaii may have no native terrestrial mammals, but the islands do harbor one native aquatic mammal, the monk seal, and one native flying mammal, the hoary bat. Show More Sentences Potamogeton pectinatus is an aquatic monocot that overwinters as small tubers in the beds of lakes and rivers where oxygen supply can be severely limited or extinguished. In one song, it's the rich, dark piano chords and bloopy aquatic noises. Wildlife managers say mute swans are destroying significant amounts of submerged aquatic vegetation and chasing other shorebirds away from their nesting sites. The boxfish, for example, is an aquatic tank with two bony skeletons, one on the inside to support its innards and one on the outside to deter predators. How dare you all question the vast warehouse of aquatic plantgrowing knowledge which is kush, or attempt to tarnish my wondrous splendiferousness? Aquatic mammals that live in the waters off the coast include walrus, ringed seals, bearded seals, beluga, narwhal, and various other whales. Aquatic plant material and waste grain left in plowed fields make up the majority of the Canada Goose's diet. Aquatic experiences begin in the mother's womb where an infant is surrounded by amniotic fluid. Aquatic plants come in many forms, from relatively simple multi-cellular algae to reeds and water lilies. Aquatic herbicides and algicides have been used successfully for several decades. The Aquatic Centre includes a leisure pool, lap pool, waterslide, lazy river, drop slide, sauna and hot tub. In addition there is his regular roadwork and acclimatization in the sauna at the Steinbach Aquatic Centre. Aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates are the most common food of the Solitary Sandpiper. Aquatic ecologists have many models for size distributions of pelagic communities. Aquatic sediments host much of the bacterial biomass and biodiversity and play a key role in biogeochemical cycles. Aquatic ecologists have emphasized the role of biotic interactions on body size distributions. They will first visit the National Aquatic Centre in Abbotstown, followed by ten pin bowling in Blanchardstown. Aquatic plants grow faster than anything else, and most types will soon choke your pool. Aquatic invertebrates are also eaten, especially by breeding females and the young. Swimmers Darian Townsend, Lyndon Ferns and Karl Thaning race in a freestyle time trial at the Olympic Aquatic Centre. Show More Sentences Aquatic animals have long used wood, pumice from volcanic eruptions, coconut shells, and the like as mobile homes for transport. The following steps are recommended to minimize the amount of pollution that can enter aquatic ecosystems from ambiguous sources. Aristotle discusses the sacred animals of the Greeks in his Historia Animalium and gives details of their role as aquatic animals. Aquatic life that would otherwise be killed by a freeze survives. Protocetidae family member Rodhocetus is considered the first to be fully aquatic. The fossil record traces the gradual transition from terrestrial to aquatic life. Aquatic plants also will be featured in the conservatory, Moran said, including a vibrant flowering purple tropical water lily on display during a recent tour. These screens are only partially effective and as a result billions of fish and other aquatic organisms are killed by power plants each year. Crocodilians made the transition from a terrestrial to an aquatic mode of life. After slicing eight-seconds off her own world record, Chantel swam to Telstra Olympic Trials victory in the 400m freestyle multi disability event at the Sydney Aquatic Centre. Density-dependent reproductive and vegetative allocation in the aquatic plant, Pistia stratiotes. And arriving in an aquatic version of a stretch limo has to be a bit of a different way to travel e something everyone should try once. The circulatory system has a number of specific adaptations for the aquatic environment. Phytoplankton serve as the base of the aquatic food web, providing an essential ecological function for all aquatic life. The term phytoplankton encompasses all photoautotrophic microorganisms in aquatic food webs. They provide a crucial source of food to many large aquatic organisms, such as fish and whales. Some conglutinates that mimic aquatic insects may not be able to attach to silt-covered substrata. About 500 swimmers from all over South Africa have gathered for one of the biggest galas on the swimming calendar, the Telkom National Aquatic Championships. There are species fisheries worldwide for finfish, mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms, and by extension, aquatic plants such as kelp. Invertebrates are also used by scientists in the field of aquatic biomonitoring to evaluate the effects of water pollution and climate change. Show More Sentences Immature syrphids are aquatic or terrestrial and typically predaceous or saprophagous. Salt marshes play a large role in the aquatic food web and the delivery of nutrients to coastal waters. Such toxins can accumulate in the tissues of many species of aquatic life in a process called bioaccumulation. A similar pattern of replacement can be observed with the aquatic plants and invertebrates living in the river. Water pollution from agricultural runoff causes dead zones for plants and aquatic animals due to the lack of oxygen in the water. Limpets are aquatic snails with a shell that is broadly conical in shape and a strong, muscular foot. They feed on terrestrial and aquatic insects, amphipods, and other crustaceans while young, and primarily on other fish when older. This sporty red knit hat comes emblazoned with the Life Aquatic insignia, while the tight, skimpy blue bathing suit leaves little to the imagination. A two millimetre long aquatic beetle and a five millimetre long wasp species, commonly known as velvet ant, were found in Wadi Wurayah. India has declared the dolphin as its national aquatic animal in an attempt to protect the endangered Ganges River Dolphin. Outside the aquatic environment, betanodaviruses seem to lose their cytopathogenicity very easily. Vitellogenesis as a biomarker for estrogenic contamination of the aquatic environment. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Sea otters are considerably more aquatic and live in the ocean for most of their lives. Phalacrocoracidae is a family of some 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. The Go-Devil motor churned through dense mats of aquatic vegetation that would have stalled traditional outboards. A number of physical features link bryophytes to both land plants and aquatic plants. They provide insights into the migration of plants from aquatic environments to land. When hunting aquatic prey, such as ducks or nutrias, the wildcat waits on trees overhanging the water. Most amphibians are aquatic only while young, but some amphibians with neoteny remain aquatic even as adults. Show More Sentences Following the aquatic theme, Whiteread's Monument evokes the scene of the 1805 naval battle for which the square is named. The patient in this report had not eaten watercress or other aquatic plants and had not ingested ditchwater. Monitoring is also carried out of many discharges to the aquatic environment including sewage effluents and trade and agricultural discharges. All plants, wildlife, and aquatic species are protected to one degree or another. Equisetum provided some dramatic structure in the back of the arrangement and this was complemented by a striped aquatic sedge. Yes, it was a 4-foot long cottonmouth, North America's only aquatic venomous pit viper. Planktic Cyanobacteria inhabit diverse aquatic environment from Antarctic lakes and nutrient-poor oceans to highly nutrient-rich lakes and ponds. South Uist is considered the best place in the UK for the aquatic plant slender naiad, which is a European Protected Species. Courses offered were in agriculture, the wildlife of Lough Neagh, water testing and other aquatic courses. In addition, there are 39 aquatic macro-phytes including 23 hydrophytes and 16 helophytes. Cephalopods, like fishes and aquatic amphibians, have a mechanoreceptive system that is highly sensitive to local water movements. The results may also indicate that hypotonic shock may play an important role in the initiation of some spontaneous polyploid aquatic organisms. Water bodies and wetland systems provide a habitat for many aquatic plants. Many streams in Arizona are easy to access, which explains why aquatic heteropterans are well-collected in the state. The Pacific Electric Ray is the only one of its species at Aquarium of the Bay and joins the aquarium's 20,000 aquatic animals. Aquatic pond recruits are issued knee-high rubber boots, dip nets, collecting pans and microscopes, and nature trail students are equipped with binoculars. These nutrients are major nonpoint pollutants contributing to eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems. Fishing may include catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate. It was the layback, a casual declaration of civil disobedience in the pope's living room, our own aquatic limbo act. Show More Sentences In terms of aquatic life, the Congo River Basin has a very high species richness, and among the highest known concentrations of endemics. Wild aquatic birds are the natural hosts for a range of influenza A viruses. There is also over 500 species of plants with some of the most important concentration of aquatic plants in Mesoamerica. The aquarium had ten ponds of salt water and ten ponds of fresh water, containing various fish and aquatic birds. With almost 200 described species, including more than 160 endemics, the center of diversity for aquatic freshwater oligochaetes is Lake Baikal. The chemical works usually dumped the resulting hydrochloric acid solution into nearby bodies of water, killing fish and other aquatic life. Hydroelectric projects can be disruptive to surrounding aquatic ecosystems both upstream and downstream of the plant site. A few species, such as Riccia fluitans, are aquatic thallose liverworts sold for use in aquariums. The effect of increased sediments loads on aquatic ecosystems can be catastrophic. The biodiversity of aquatic plant and algal life is reduced, and invertebrates are also unable to survive and reproduce. Humbert's first epiphanic vision of Lolita, for example, is rendered in aquatic, dripping, sprinkly slow motion. Wart snakes are adapted to aquatic systems and prey almost exclusively on fish. Swimmers now enjoy its 12,000-square-meter aquatic theme park. Fish are represented at several trophic levels in aquatic systems, from detritivore and herbivore to carnivore. Walleye are at the top of the aquatic food chain, typically accumulating mercury in their tissues to potentially dangerous levels. Taxa such as waterwort and the carophytes are both likely to be inhibited by a raised nutrient status in their aquatic habitat. Comparative toxicity of chlordane, chlorpyrifos, and aldicarb to four aquatic testing organisms. Testate amoebae are unicellular organisms that live in various aquatic environments, being especially numerous in Sphagnum peats. Fully aquatic mammals, the cetaceans and sirenians, have lost their legs and have a tail fin to propel themselves through the water. Food fishes comprise the principal component of the Amazonian diet thus increasing the importance of aquatic ecosystems. Show More Sentences Chemoreception in crocodiles is especially interesting because they hunt in both terrestrial and aquatic surroundings. Crocodilians also have the functional equivalent of a diaphragm by incorporating muscles used for aquatic locomotion into respiration. Relationship between water chemistry and the distribution of the endangered aquatic quillwort Isoetes sinensis Palmer in China. Photosynthesis in quillworts, or, Why are some aquatic plants similar to cacti? Bivalve molluscs are used as bioindicators to monitor the health of aquatic environments in both fresh water and the marine environments. The Pan Am Pool, built for the 1967 Pan Am Games, hosts aquatic events, including diving, speed swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo. This beautiful aquatic flower appears in the Sigiriya frescoes and has been mentioned in ancient Sanskrit, Pali and Sinhala literary works. It is acquired by eating an intermediate larval stage that emerges from snails and encysts on aquatic vegetation. Marshes provide habitats for many kinds of invertebrates, fish, amphibians, waterfowl and aquatic mammals. Marshes can often be found at the edges of lakes and streams, where they form a transition between the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. These occur near inhabited coastlines, where aquatic life is most concentrated. Anurans were sampled by listening for breeding aggregations and by searches along the shores of aquatic habitats. There is no clear relationship between the amount of oil in the aquatic environment and the likely impact on biodiversity. Several small freshwater species are carnivorous, eating small fish and a wide range of aquatic life. Most aquatic turtles have flat, streamlined shells, which aid in swimming and diving. However, as a group, the small aquatic crustaceans called copepods form the largest animal biomass on earth. A fishery is an area with an associated fish or aquatic population which is harvested for its commercial value. Europeans generally assumed that the aquatic expanse between Europe and Asia was uninterrupted. A number of South African sites have shown an early reliance on aquatic resources from fish to shellfish. Their diet is therefore extremely diverse and includes most of the aquatic animals sharing the same environment. Show More Sentences They feed on crustaceans, aquatic insects, small insects, and probably any aquatic organisms that they can find and eat. Uptake and phytotransformation of organophosphorus pesticides by axenically cultivated aquatic plants. It is caused by an aquatic rhabdovirus, of which four strains have been identified. Restricted to the Old World, desmans have a diet consisting of aquatic invertebrates and fish. Thus it is possible that mechanisms of distastefulness evolved independently in terrestrial and aquatic parasitengones. Split beam hydroacoustics is a core technology for fisheries and aquatic habitat assessment. However as invertebrate life evolved in an aquatic habitat most have little or no specialisation for respiration in water. Thus aquatic plants, algae, and other photosynthetic organisms can live in water up to hundreds of meters deep, because sunlight can reach them. The super aquatic galleries are very simple and workmanlike, with white walls and plank floors like a ropewalk. The oceans are also a reservoir of dissolved atmospheric gases, which are essential for the survival of many aquatic life forms. Other examples of aquatic fungi include those living in hydrothermal areas of the ocean. Pine pollen is also involved in moving plant matter between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Out in the water a crash of rhinoceros-like animals browse belly deep through a bed of aquatic plants. However, smooth newts are prolific breeders and can survive in a wide range of terrestrial and aquatic habitats. These are placed individually, usually under aquatic plant leaves at a rate of seven to 12 eggs per day. Lateral undulation is the sole mode of aquatic locomotion, and the most common mode of terrestrial locomotion. Others include the water vole, pipistrelle bat, grey partridge, aquatic warbler, sand lizard, great crested newt and the natterjack toad. Therefore, copper does not bioaccumulate or biomagnify in aquatic or terrestrial food chains. His research dealt with aquatic insects, especially the biosystematics of caddis flies. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows. Find more words! 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