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- noun Plural form of
freshwater .
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Examples
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Forests also provide services such as freshwaters, soil stabilization, nutrients for agriculture, eco-tourism opportunities and food, fuel and fibre - all of which will be key to buffering vulnerable communities against the climate change already underway.
innovations-report 2009
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As other crustaceans have slipped down the restaurant's menu because they thrive in the third of the Gulf of Mexico that has been closed to fishing, the crawfish, found in freshwaters not yet tainted on the western side of the state's coast, has clawed its way to a more prominent position.
Louisiana finds replacements on menu for seafood favorites affected by oil spill 2010
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As other crustaceans have slipped down the restaurant's menu because they thrive in the third of the Gulf of Mexico that has been closed to fishing, the crawfish, found in freshwaters not yet tainted on the western side of the state's coast, has clawed its way to a more prominent position.
Louisiana finds replacements on menu for seafood favorites affected by oil spill 2010
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These freshwaters are much less productive than the marine ecosystems; therefore, adult freshwater char are likely to be much smaller than are migrating char.
Broad-scale effects of climate change on freshwater systems in the Arctic 2009
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These surface freshwaters contain large amounts of dissolved organic and inorganic C that is carried into them by soil and groundwater flow from the terrestrial portions of their watersheds [103].
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Effects of climate change on the freshwaters of Arctic and subarctic North America.
Climate change effects on arctic freshwater fish populations 2009
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Knowledge of vascular plants (flowering plants and ferns) is probably satisfactory, but is this true for the mosses, liverworts, lichens, and algae that are responsible for much ofthe photosynthesis, in the sea, freshwaters, and on land?
Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009
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Some climate change effects projected for arctic freshwaters are likely to result in small, slow responses in the environment; other changes are likely to exceed environmental or ecosystem thresholds and cause a dramatic switch in organisms or a change of state of the system.
Broad-scale effects of climate change on freshwater systems in the Arctic 2009
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When freshwaters become more productive, migrations to the sea are projected to decrease and may eventually cease, thus the char are likely to remain in freshwater rivers and lakes for the entire year.
Broad-scale effects of climate change on freshwater systems in the Arctic 2009
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Similar large CO2 losses also occur in freshwaters of boreal, temperate, and tropical landscapes [105], but they are generally not considered in landscape-level C budgets.
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