The biome of lakes, rivers, streams and freshwater wetlands, set apart from the Marine biome by very low salt content and, unlike the ocean, by a tight two-way link to the surrounding land: a river or lake's chemistry, temperature and flow are shaped directly by the watershed draining into it. Ecologists commonly split it into lotic systems, flowing water such as rivers and streams, and lentic systems, standing water such as lakes and ponds, alongside freshwater wetlands, marshes and swamps that sit at the boundary with dry land and flood only seasonally or permanently at shallow depth. Freshwater habitats cover under one percent of the Earth's surface, yet hold a disproportionate share of the planet's species: a large fraction of all known fish species and much of its amphibian diversity live nowhere else, concentrated into a tiny share of available habitat. Because freshwater bodies exist on every continent and across every climate, from tropical floodplain to Arctic lake, this biome carries no single characteristic temperature or rainfall range the way a climate-defined biome does; its unifying trait is fresh water itself.
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Typical Low Temperature (C)Converted from 35 degrees Fahrenheit, the source's own reported winter average low (35 to 45 F range stated; low end used). Typical High Temperature (C)Converted from 75 degrees Fahrenheit, the source's own reported summer average high (65 to 75 F range stated; high end used). Disputed
Annual Precipitation (mm)1143mm is the midpoint of the cited source's stated 10 to 80 inch (254mm to 2032mm) annual range. Freshwater habitats exist on every continent and in every climate, so no single figure is fully meaningful, matching this entity's own description that the biome carries no single characteristic rainfall total. Connections
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1. Climate In A Freshwater Biome (Sciencing)
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Average temperatures in a freshwater biome in the summer range from 65 to 75 degrees F, and from 35 to 45 degrees F in the winter.
2. Freshwater Biome (Earth Eclipse)
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On average, precipitation in freshwater biome ranges from 10 to 80 inches per year.
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Only a relatively small fraction of the total amount of water in the biosphere is found as free water on continental landmasses. The oceans contain about 97.6 percent of the biosphere’s water, and polar ice, groundwater, and water vapour take up another 2.4 percent. Thus, less than 1 percent exists as continental free water, which is generally referred to as inland water. In spite of this small percentage, inland water is an essential element of the biosphere. It occurs in a wide variety of forms and is inhabited by a diverse set of biological communities, quite distinct from the communities of marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
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Wikipedia- Home To: Walking Catfish, Wikipedia intro states: "The walking catfish (Clarias batrachus) is a species of freshwater airbreathing catfish native to Southeast Asia. It is named for its ability to "walk" and wiggle acr"
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Wikipedia- Home To: Ceratium, Wikipedia intro states: "The genus Ceratium is restricted to a small number (about 7) of freshwater dinoflagellate species. Previously the genus contained also a large number of marine dinoflagellate"
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Paramecium ( PARR-ə-MEE-s(ee-)əm, -see-əm, plural "paramecia" only when used as a vernacular name) is a genus of eukaryotic, unicellular ciliates, widespread in freshwater, brackish, and ocean environments.
View the Source Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Wikipedia)
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Macrobrachium rosenbergii is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn.
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The zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) is a small freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Dreissenidae.
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Charales is an order of freshwater green algae in the division Charophyta, class Charophyceae, commonly known as stoneworts.
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Lymnaea stagnalis, better known as the great pond snail, is a species of large air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.
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Pomacea canaliculata, commonly known as the golden apple snail or the channeled apple snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
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Asellus aquaticus is a freshwater isopod crustacean, resembling and related to woodlice.
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The freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae.
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The quagga mussel (Dreissena bugensis) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Dreissenidae.
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The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a species of large, freshwater turtles in the family Chelydridae.
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Cherax quadricarinatués (known by several common names, including Australian red claw crayfish, Queensland red claw, red claw yabby, redclaw, tropical blue crayfish, freshwater blueclaw crayfish) is an Australian freshwater crayfish.
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Pacu (Portuguese pronunciation: [paˈku]) is a common name used to refer to several species of omnivorous South American freshwater serrasalmid fish related to piranhas.
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Euglena gracilis is a freshwater species of euglenid, a microscopic type of algae, in the genus Euglena.
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The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of the order Cypriniformes.
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Microcystis aeruginosa is a species of freshwater cyanobacteria that can form harmful algal blooms of economic and ecological importance.
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Cyanophora paradoxa is a freshwater species of Glaucophyte that is used as a model organism.
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The Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) is a large Australian predatory freshwater fish of the genus Maccullochella in the family Percichthyidae.
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The chain pickerel (Esox niger), also known as Jackfish, Mud Pike, or Southern Pike is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes.
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Triops longicaudatus (commonly called American tadpole shrimp or longtail tadpole shrimp) is a freshwater crustacean of the order Notostraca, resembling a miniature horseshoe crab.
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Lemna minor, the common duckweed or lesser duckweed, is a species of aquatic freshwater plant in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the arum family Araceae.
View the Source Salmo trutta fario (Wikipedia)
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Salmo trutta fario, sometimes called the river trout, is a river-dwelling freshwater predatory fish from the genus Salmo of the family Salmonidae.
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Ancistrus cirrhosus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the subfamily Hypostominae of the family Loricariidae, the armored catfishes.
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The American pickerel (Esox americanus) is a medium-sized species of North American freshwater predatory fish belonging to the pike family.
View the Source Astyanax jordani (Wikipedia)
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Astyanax jordani is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.
View the Source Kuhli loach (Wikipedia)
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The true Kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii), which can be used synonymously with "coolie" loach, occasionally referred to as eel loach, is a small eel-like freshwater fish belonging to the loach family (Cobitidae).
View the Source Nothobranchius rachovii (Wikipedia)
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Nothobranchius rachovii, the bluefin notho, is a species of freshwater annual killifish from Mozambique.
View the Source Apistogramma panduro (Wikipedia)
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Apistogramma panduro (A-183), also commonly referred to as Apistogramma pandurini, is a small species of cichlid freshwater fish from the Amazon river basin in Peru.
View the Source Wikipedia: Dinoflagellate
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Dinoflagellates are mostly marine plankton, but they are also common in freshwater habitats.
View the Source Wikipedia: Mayfly
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Mayflies are distributed all over the world in clean freshwater habitats, though absent from Antarctica.
View the Source Damselfly, Wikipedia
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The nymphs are aquatic, with different species living in a variety of freshwater habitats including acidic bogs, ponds, lakes and rivers.
View the Source Wikipedia: African Bullfrog
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The natural habitat of the African bullfrog is moist to dry savanna, subtropical to tropical dry shrubland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, canals, and flooded ditches.
View the Source Giant otter
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The species prefers freshwater rivers and streams, which are usually seasonally flooded, and may also take to freshwater lakes and springs.
View the Source Wikipedia: Roseate Spoonbill
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In Brazil, researchers found roseate spoonbill diets to consist of fish, insects, crustaceans, mollusks, and seeds, all foraged from limnetic/freshwater habitats.
View the Source Wikipedia: Channel Catfish
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The North American channel catfish is an ostariophysan, or a bony fish living in freshwater habitats.
View the Source Eurasian coot (Wikipedia)
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The coot breeds across much of the Old World on freshwater lakes and ponds, and like its relative the common moorhen, has adapted well to living in urban environments, often being found in parks and gardens with access to water.
View the Source Little grebe (Wikipedia)
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This bird breeds in small colonies in heavily vegetated areas of freshwater lakes across Europe, much of Asia down to New Guinea, and most of Africa.
View the Source Red-necked stint (Wikipedia)
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In their non-breeding habitat they feed on intertidal mudflats and along the muddy margins of freshwater lakes.
View the Source Wikipedia: Chara vulgaris
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The species is widely distributed and occurs throughout much of the world in freshwater habitats, including ponds, ditches, littoral pools and periodic waters.
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The species is widely distributed and occurs throughout much of the world in freshwater habitats, including ponds, ditches, littoral pools and periodic waters.
View the Source Opisthorchis viverrini (Wikipedia)
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include freshwater habitats with stagnant or slow-moving waters (ponds, river, aquaculture, swamps, rice fields).
View the Source Plants For A Future: Marsilea quadrifolia
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Ponds and paddy fields all over Japan
View the Source Plants For A Future: Azolla filiculoides
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Stagnant and slow moving waters
View the Source Plants For A Future: Utricularia vulgaris
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Ponds, lakes and ditches, usually in relatively deep water
View the Source FishBase: Hydrolycus scomberoides (FishBase)
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Freshwater; benthopelagic
View the Source FishBase: Betta edithae summary
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Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 20; non-migratory
View the Source FishBase: Australoheros facetus (FishBase)
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Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.0; dH range: 5 - 12
View the Source FishBase: Crenicichla punctata summary
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Freshwater; benthopelagic
View the Source FishBase: Salvelinus agassizii summary
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Freshwater; benthopelagic
View the Source Fontinalis (Wikipedia)
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Fontinalis occurs primarily in clean, acidic freshwater across Afro-Eurasia, Iceland, and the Americas, attached to submerged rocks and logs.
View the Source Wikipedia: Vampyrella
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Vampyrellids can be found in a wide variety of habitats, soil, freshwater or marine, but members of Vampyrella tend to be found in freshwater environments.
View the Source FishBase: FishBase species summary: Polypterus senegalus
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This species inhabits marginal swamps and freshwater lagoons (Ref. 3066 )
View the Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Eurycea rathbuni
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Eurycea rathbuni is only found in subterranean water systems in Edwards Plateau in Texas.
View the Source Wikipedia: Nematomorpha
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About 351 freshwater species are known and a conservative estimate suggests that there may be about 2000 freshwater species worldwide.
View the Source Euglena, Wikipedia
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They are often abundant in quiet inland waters where they may bloom in numbers sufficient to color the surface of ponds and ditches green (E. viridis) or red (E. sanguinea).
View the Source Wikipedia: Didinium
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Most are found in fresh and brackish water, but three marine species are known.
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