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  2. Vallisneria americana - Wikipedia

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    Vallisneria americana, commonly called wild celery, water-celery, tape grass, or eelgrass, [2] is a plant in the family Hydrocharitaceae, the "tape-grasses". V. americana is a fresh water species that can tolerate salt, living in salinities varying from fresh water (0 parts per thousand) to 18 parts per thousand, although the limit to the salt tolerance is unclear, and is generally dependent ...

  3. Freshwater salinization - Wikipedia

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    Noticeable signs of FSS include infrastructure deterioration, lowered biodiversity, and the increased mobilization of pollutants within an aquatic system. In conjunction with photosynthetic organisms, basic levels of pH can enter a positive feedback loop via the deficiency of dissolved carbons in the water in relation to the amount of dissolved ...

  4. Freshwater ecosystem - Wikipedia

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    Lentic systems are diverse, ranging from a small, temporary rainwater pool a few inches deep to Lake Baikal, which has a maximum depth of 1642 m. [10] The general distinction between pools/ponds and lakes is vague, but Brown [ 9 ] states that ponds and pools have their entire bottom surfaces exposed to light, while lakes do not.

  5. Fresh water - Wikipedia

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    Many organisms can thrive on salt water, but the great majority of vascular plants and most insects, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds need fresh water to survive. Fresh water is the water resource that is of the most and immediate use to humans. Fresh water is not always potable water, that is, water safe to drink by humans.

  6. Freshwater biology - Wikipedia

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    Being an open system, a lot of organic matter found in running water is from land runoff or further sediment upstream and this matter is an important source of food for many species. Flowing bodies of water begin at the headwaters, which include springs, lakes, and snowmelt, and travel to their mouths, typically another moving water channel or ...

  7. Louisiana community gets fresh supplies to fight saltwater ...

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    That saltwater, mixing further and further upstream, could threaten the safety of drinking and irrigation supplies and if unchecked, could damage infrastructure, from the roughly 50,000 lead pipes ...

  8. Euryhaline - Wikipedia

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    An example of a euryhaline fish is the short-finned molly, Poecilia sphenops, which can live in fresh water, brackish water, or salt water. The green crab (Carcinus maenas) is an example of a euryhaline invertebrate that can live in salt and brackish water.

  9. 8 fresh ways to use the leftover celery in your fridge - AOL

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