freshwater habitat

collocation in English

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freshwater
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfreʃˌwɔː.tər/us
/ˈfreʃˌwɑː.t̬ɚ/
living in or containing water that is ...
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habitat
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/us
/ˈhæb.ə.tæt/
the natural environment in which an animal or plant ...
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(Definition offreshwaterandhabitatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This species lives in a variety offreshwaterhabitattypes, including rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes.
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Species can be found along the substrate or hiding in plant litter infreshwaterhabitat, and sometimes in estuary habitat, such as mangrove stands.
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The river also provides groundwater recharge and wildlife habitat including coldfreshwaterhabitatfor fish migration and spawning.
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The lampmussel is found above the dam constructed in 1902, which increased the area offreshwaterhabitatsuitable for lampmussel in the watershed.
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The river also provides wildlife habitat for preservation of rare and endangered species including coldfreshwaterhabitatfor fish migration and spawning.
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The adults live infreshwaterhabitatnear the coast, such as rivers and lakes.
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Thefreshwaterhabitatis located in wetlands of permanent rivers, streams, and creeks, including waterfalls.
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The causes of this decline are not fully understood, but alteration and degradation of itsfreshwaterhabitatundoubtedly plays a central role.
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The species lives in and near water infreshwaterhabitat.
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It also provides wildlife habitat including coldfreshwaterhabitatfor fish migration and spawning.
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It can be found nearly worldwide in many types offreshwaterhabitat.
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Adults dwell infreshwaterhabitatsuch as streams and rivers, where they live along the sand and gravel substrates.
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This dolphin prefers afreshwaterhabitatwith a water depth greater than 1 meter and that have more than 700 meters squared of cross-sectional area.
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The river provides wildlife habitat including coldfreshwaterhabitatfor fish migration and spawning.
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However, some members of this subfamily are among the rare euryhaline polychaetes, inhabiting brackish andfreshwaterhabitat.
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Members of all families occur in both marine and freshwater habitats.
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It is worth noting however, that both free-living species typically live in shallow freshwater habitats.
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Eukaryotic algae from diverse taxa are common residents of biofilms from photic regions of diverse freshwater habitats.
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Assessing the trophic status of an understudied and imperiled consumer group in freshwater habitats.
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