Description Hydraulic soil Many tall reeds Birds such as herons Decomposers

Most Important A Biotic Factor Every living thing needs water. When the water is drained or becomes scarce it becomes a limiting factor. Draining for irrigation is a large problem.

Types of Wetlands

Mangrove Swamps are salt water wetlands. There are few trees that can live off of salt water. The trees that live in the mangrove swamps have adapted to the salt water. Mangrove Swamps

Plants Tall plants- reeds and bulrushes Floating plants- lilies, lotus, pondweeds Large trees- silver maple and bald cypress pondweeds

Birds Woodpeckers Herons Egrets Storks »Stork

Other Animals Alligator Rabbit Deer

Different levels on the food chain Producers- Algae Primary Consumers- Zooplankton Secondary Consumers- Plankton Eating Fish Territory Level- Herons

Producers Herbivores Carnivore Omnivores Decomposers Grasses Grasshoppers Shrew Hawks Earth Worm Food Chain

Decomposers Hawk HeronBeavers MiceShrewPlankton Eating Fish Largemouth bass Mosquito Eating Fish Grasshopper Mussel Zooplankton Bluegill Fish Mosquito Larva GrassesAlgae Food Web

Species Must Adapt Many wetlands are covered with water for most of the year. Plants that live in the wetlands need to adapt to its very wet soil. Most plants would die in soil that is as wet as the soil in the wetlands. The worms that live in the soil need to adapt to it also.

Cooperation and Competition The animals eat the plants while the plants need the animals for fertile soil. Birds compete over breeding areas.

Where Are They Located? On the coast line On almost every continent Near rivers

Climatogram for the Everglades

What We Use The Wetlands For Drinking Water Keep areas from flooding Protect the Shore from Erosion Fire Protection

Wetlands are Being Destroyed 22 states have lost more than 50% of the wetlands. Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Iowa, California, Indiana, and Illinois have lost over 80% of the wetlands California has lost 91% of the wetlands.

How Wetlands are Destroyed Draining wetlands Adding invasive organisms Dumping chemicals Dam up the wetlands Logging and forestry Climate change

Future Outlook For The Wetlands Wetlands are in danger, they are rapidly disappearing. The oceans are rinsing and destroying the coastal wetlands. Unless people help to save the wetlands they will disappear.

Quiz 1.Name the three species that live in the wetlands. 2.How are we destroying the wetlands? 3.What do we gain from the wetlands?