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Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, United States. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. [1] During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included invertebrates. [2]
Nevertheless, local vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants have been preserved in sinkholes. [2] Later, during the ensuing Quaternary period, Indiana was worked over by glaciers . [ 2 ] Indiana was inhabited by creatures like the birds , camels , fishes, peccaries , the short-faced bear , rodents , snakes , and turtles . [ 1 ]
The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. Thirty-eight species have been recorded in Indiana.
The Indiana Dunes contain interdunal wetlands. [3] Many conservation efforts have been made to preserve parts of the Indiana Dunes. [3] [4] [5] Because they are typically very shallow, interdunal wetlands warm quickly, and provide an abundant source of invertebrates eaten by many species of shorebirds. [6]
Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, United States. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. [1] During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary list of the reptiles of the area. [2] Turtles (Testudinate)
Indiana Dunes National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Indiana managed by the National Park Service. It was authorized by Congress in 1966 as the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and was redesignated as the nation's 61st national park on February 15, 2019. [ 2 ]
INDIANAPOLIS — A Muncie man and other defendants in a federal investigation of dog fighting have received an April 28 trial date. Ernest Young, now 50, and six other Indiana men were arrested by ...
Pseudoboletia indiana lives on the ocean floor, at up to 100 m (330 ft) in depth. [5] The urchin uses debris from the ocean, such as pebbles, broken pieces or coral, seaweed, to cover itself. [ 2 ] The urchin also provides protection to other smaller marine life like the miner’s urchin shrimp ( Gnathophylloides mineri ). [ 4 ]