Wetlands, rivers, lakes, and coastal estuaries are all aquatic ecosystems—critical elements of Earth’s dynamic processes and essential to human economies and health. Wetlands connect land and ...

Skimming, harpooning, probing, diving, and swimming are among the many methods birds employ in the capture of aquatic organisms. Dippers, Kingfishers, darters, skimmers… their names often ...

While accounting for only 3% of the Earth's surface, lakes and ponds are vital habitats, and provide essential resources for a wide range of species, including humans. What is the status of these ...

The study, "Transformers enable accurate prediction of acute and chronic chemical toxicity in aquatic organisms," has been published in Science Advances. The use of chemicals in society is ...

The organisms are caught in the net. To catch aquatic organisms, nets are often held downstream of the area to be studied and then the riverbed is gently disturbed by the person doing the sampling.

Oxygen levels reach such a low point that fish and other organisms suffocate. These nutrients cause increased aquatic plant growth of algae and other plants. Lichens close lichenAn organism that ...