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Water contamination and Habitat loss

Water contamination and Habitat loss. How does water contamination lead to habitat loss in estuaries?. By Ju and Ian. What is Water contamination and Habitat Loss?. Water contamination is the contamination of a water bodies.

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Water contamination and Habitat loss

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  1. Water contamination and Habitat loss How does water contamination lead to habitat loss in estuaries? By Ju and Ian

  2. What is Water contamination and Habitat Loss? Water contamination is the contamination of a water bodies. Habitat loss is the process in which a habitat Is determined not able to support life.

  3. Estuaries • Fresh water meets salt water • Affected greatly by water contamination. • Home to many species and are part time homes for many other species. • Many coastal communities are building around estuaries making them subject to a large amount of contamination. • Many species are dying. • Sources of contamination are sewage, agriculture, channel dredging, coastal settlement, and nutrients.

  4. Why Is this a Problem? • Loss of Biodiversity. • Disruption of food chain. • Less production in the fishing industry.

  5. Who is Affected • Species that live in estuaries can become endangered. • The rest of the food chain. • Animals that live there part time. • Animals don’t migrate back to their other home, food chain there is affected.

  6. What will happen if not addressed • Species in estuaries will go extinct. • The food chains within estuaries will be disrupted.

  7. What's being done • Estuary protection act • Makes it necessary for all estuaries to be inspected and determined if they need to be protected.

  8. Solutions • Don’t use pesticides, instead use soap and water • Pump septic tank regularly • Pave less, use gravel • Use native plants • Respect habitat • Think before you pour • Fish respectfully, catch and release • Organize a volunteer cleanup crew • Don’t create a wake near the shore http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/tenways.pdf

  9. For more information go to: http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs/Online/Html/WSjP2425/

  10. Work cited • “Estuaries.” Ocean Sevice Education. NOAA, 31 Mar. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/‌education/‌tutorial_estuaries/‌welcome.html>. • “Threats To Estuaries.” Enviorment Waikato. Enviorment Waikato reiganol council, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.ew.govt.nz/‌environmental-information/‌Our-coast/‌Coastal-ecosystems/‌Estuaries/‌Threats-to-estuaries/>. • “Water Pollution.” Wikiapedia. Wikipedia, 18 Nov. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/‌wiki/‌Water_pollution>. • http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/tenways.pdf

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