Wetlands -habitat that is inundated by water. both the water and the soils are periodically
low in dissolved oxygen. Wetlands have a high capacity to filter dissolved nutrients and chemical pollutants.
Basin wetlands, Riverine wetlands, fringe wetlands
Photosynthetic organisms pond lilies, cattails, sedges, bald cypress, mosses, black spruce.
Heterotrophs - invertebrates, birds, crustaceans and aquatic insect larvae muskrats, consume algae, detritus. dragonflies, otters, frogs, aligators. .