wetlands ecosystem
1Bangweulu Wetlands ecosystem — The Bangweulu Wetlands ecosystem covers a large area exhibiting great biodiversity which is under environmental stress and in need of conservation.Halls, A.J. (ed.), 1997. Wetlands, Biodiversity and the Ramsar Convention: The Role of the… …
2Ecosystem services — Pollination by a bumblebee, a type of ecosystem service Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by natural ecosystems. Collectively, these benefits are known as ecosystem services and include products like …
3Wetlands of Louisiana — The wetlands of Louisiana are water saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana.The Environmental Protection Agency defines wetlands as an area that is regularly saturated by surface water or groundwater and is characterized by a… …
4Wetlands of New Zealand — New Zealand has several notable wetlands.DefinitionThe Resource Management Act 1991, an important Act of Parliament determining land use, defines wetlands as permanently or intermittently wet areas, shallow water, and land water margins that… …
5ecosystem — /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm / (say eekoh.sistuhm), /ˈɛk / (say ek ) noun a community of organisms interacting with one another and with the environment in which they live, as in a pond, a forest, etc. The central concept of an ecosystem is the equilibrium in… …
6Millennium Ecosystem Assessment — The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, released in 2005, is an international synthesis by over 1000 of the world s leading biological scientists that analyses the state of the Earth’s ecosystems and provides summaries and guidelines for decision… …
7boundary ecosystem — ▪ biology Introduction complex of living organisms in areas where one body of water meets another, e.g., estuaries and lagoons, or where a body of water meets the land, e.g., marshes. The latter are often called wetlands. Boundary… …
8Aquatic ecosystem — An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem located in water bodies. Communities of organisms that are dependent on each other and on their environment live in aquatic ecosystems. The two main types of aquatic ecosystems are marine ecosystems and… …
9inland water ecosystem — ▪ biology Introduction complex of living organisms in free water on continental landmasses. Inland waters represent parts of the biosphere within which marked biological diversity, complex biogeochemical pathways, and an array of… …
10No net loss wetlands policy — No net loss is the United States government s overall policy goal regrading wetlands preservation. The goal of the policy is to balance wetland loss due to economic development with wetlands reclamation, mitigation, and restorations efforts, so… …
