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Sustaining America's Aquatic Biodiversity - Aquatic Habitats: Homes for Aquatic Animals

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420-522 (CNRE-79P)

Authors as Published

Authored by Louis A. Helfrich, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech, and James Parkhurst, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech

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Natural aquatic habitats include ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, springs, estuaries, bays, and various types of wetlands. Some of these habitats are shallow and others deep, some are cold-water and others warm-water, some are freshwater and others saltwater, and some have high oxygen levels and others little oxygen.


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Publication Date

February 11, 2020