freshwater ecosystem

collocation in English

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freshwater
adjective[before noun]
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/ˈfreʃˌwɔː.tər/us
/ˈfreʃˌwɑː.t̬ɚ/
living in or containing water that is ...
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ecosystem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈiː.kəʊˌsɪs.təm/us
/ˈiː.koʊˌsɪs.təm/us
/ˈe.koʊˌsɪs.təm/
all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and ...
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The use of reference sites is common when assessing what a healthyfreshwaterecosystemshould look like.
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A different kind of ice algae live on glacier surfaces, a permanently coldfreshwaterecosystem.
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The area is surrounded by two perennial streams exhibiting marvellousfreshwaterecosystem.
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The rivers of the ecoregion have the highest species richness of anyfreshwaterecosystem.
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Attempts to use fish parasite communities as markers in freshwater ecosystems are of growing interest in the field of ecological parasitology.
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Freshwater ecosystems contain 41% of the world's known fish species.
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The park is composed of coastal, marine and freshwater ecosystems.
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At the same time, tidal water does not reach the interior of the coastal margin, limiting interchange between salt and freshwater ecosystems.
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The consequence of this may include enhanced growth of algae and other changes to the ecology of the freshwater ecosystems that it may invade.
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Biodiversity-rich freshwater ecosystems are currently declining faster than marine or land ecosystems making them the world's most vulnerable habitats.
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It can be found in both terrestrial (land) and freshwater ecosystems.
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Fish species diversity is roughly divided equally between marine (oceanic) and freshwater ecosystems.
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They are distributed throughout the worlds marine and freshwater ecosystems and constitute a significant contribution to autotrophic communities.
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They are distinguished from freshwater ecosystems by the presence of dissolved compounds, especially salts, in the water.
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In freshwater ecosystems, algal blooms are most commonly caused by eutrophication.
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Freshwater ecosystems can be divided into lentic ecosystems (still water) and lotic ecosystems (flowing water).
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Most of these are bacteriophages, which are harmless to plants and animals, and are in fact essential to the regulation of saltwater and freshwater ecosystems.
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Phosphorus is a necessary nutrient for plants to live, and is the limiting factor for plant growth in many freshwater ecosystems.
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Blooms containing microcystin are a problem worldwide in freshwater ecosystems.
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They can be contrasted with freshwater ecosystems, which have a lower salt content.
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