One direct effect of the zebra mussel invasion was a decrease in the cloudiness of the water. How did this affect species in the Hudson River ecosystem?

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A: The black forest was once fully loaded with dar wood hills. But there was a rapid decline in its…

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Q: How might the loss of kelp change the carrying capacity of the North Pacific marine ecosystem?

A: Kelps are brown, cold-water, long algal seaweeds that are found in the sea. These are used as…

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A: Disturbances might get generated by abiotic forces such as weather or may be as a result of biotic…

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A: phosphate is a major nutrient needed for life. Phosphate is the most common form of phosphorus, used…

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A: Zebra mussels are intrusive, a fingernail-sized mollusk that is local to new waters in Eurasia.…

Q: ecological disaster

A: A disaster is a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life.…

Q: Predict how the moving salt front might affect the distribution of species in the Hudson River.

A: Let's understand few sentences first  Estuary --  is water body where fresh and salt water meet with…

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A: Parasitism is the relationship between two living organisms where one of the living organism reside…

Q: Is Alabama Home to America's Amazon?

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A: Mining refers to process of extracting minerals by digging sea,land etc. Land resources are…

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A: Adaptation is basically the survival of different organisms in the changing environmental…

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A: An ecosystem is a geographic area where all the plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as…

Q: Why is shark finning used in shark fin soup can lead to the destruction of the coral reef system?

A: Shark finning is the act of removing fins from sharks and discarding the rest of the shark back into…

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A: Phytoplankton are autotrophic members of the plankton community that play an important role in both…

Q: What was the Great American Interchange? When did it occur, and what were the results?

A: Introduction: GREAT AMERICAN INTERCHANGE also known as Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI)…

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A: All together make an aquatic pond ecosystem sustainable.

Q: Explain why estuaries are especially nutrient-rich.

A: An estuary is a partly enclosed water body which has a connection to the open sea and one or more…

Q: In which law two different species cannot live for a long duration in the same niche or habitat?

A: Species refers to group of organisms that can interbreed among themselves to give rise to fertile…

Q: species

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Q: What is/are the impact of overfishing to coastal resources?

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A: Ans-C) There were no constraints on python population growth that the snakes would normally…

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A: The objective of the experiment was to elucidate the impact of species interactions on succession…

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Q: How could the Great Barrier Reef restore itself through natural processes?

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Q: Sediment covered shores include

A: Several types of shores are created by the ecosystem in accordance with their surrounding. These…

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A: Coastal zone is the right answer. Biodiversity refers to the number of different living species that…

Q: What approach would you use to address to the problem of eutrophication in river

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A: Lionfish expands throughout the Atlantic region in the 1980s. However, it is a non-native species…