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Aquatic plants are used to give the freshwater aquarium a natural appearance, oxygenate the water, absorb ammonia, and provide habitat for fish, especially fry (babies) and for invertebrates. Some aquarium fish and invertebrates also eat live plants. Hobbyists use aquatic plants for aquascaping, of several aesthetic styles. Most of these plant ...
Pages in category "Freshwater plants" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 304 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Pages in category "Aquatic plants" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 212 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Pages in category "Freshwater animals" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aeolosoma hemprichi; C.
Many small animals use aquatic plants such as duckweeds and lily pads for spawning or as protective shelters against predators both from above and below the water surface. Aquatic plants are important primary producers and are the basis of food web for many aquatic fauna, especially wetland species. [38]
Freshwater animals (11 C, 8 P) Freshwater plants (304 P) L. Lake organisms (1 C) Pages in category "Freshwater organisms" This category contains only the following page.
Even using conservative estimates, freshwater fish extinction rates in North America are 877 times higher than background extinction rates (1 in 3,000,000 years). [32] Projected extinction rates for freshwater animals are around five times greater than for land animals, and are comparable to the rates for rainforest communities. [24]
Ceratophyllum demersum is a cosmopolitan species of aquatic plant. Drosera, the sundews, are carnivorous plants with species found on every continent except Antarctica. Duckweeds are tiny flowering plants that float on the surface of water, with members of the group found worldwide. Isoetes is a cosmopolitan genus of lycophyte known as the ...