Benthic Ecologist
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science A benthic ecologist works to study aquatic life that lives on the...
Bays and Estuaries
Bays and Estuaries Chapter 11 Chapter Video Introduction Texas bays and estuaries provide vital ecosystems and nursery habitat for many...
Wildlife Biologist
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science A wildlife biologist or wildlife technician works with all forms of wildlife...
Wetlands
Wetlands Chapter 10 Chapter Video Introduction Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, and home to many...
Fish Hatchery Biologist
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science A fish hatchery biologist and technician raise fish to be stocked into...
Lakes and Ponds
Lakes and Ponds Chapter 9 Chapter Video Introduction Lakes and ponds provide habitat for many plants, insects, fish, birds and...
Stream Ecologist
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science A freshwater stream ecologist and river ecologist study the animal and plant...
Streams and Rivers
Streams and Rivers Chapter 8 Chapter Video Introduction Texas streams and rivers support diverse ecosystems that are dependent upon the...
Educator
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science An aquatic science educator teaches students and adults about aquatic systems. Photo...
Aquifers and Springs
Aquifers and springs have attracted humans to settle nearby where water is abundant, but careful use of water is necessary to balance the recharge of aquifers with the use by people. Aquifers and springs also provide aquatic habitats where unique species may live on the brink of extinction.
Environmental Protection Worker
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science An endangered species and environmental protection worker helps prevent harm to aquatic...
Texas Aquatic Ecosystems
Texas Aquatic Ecosystems Chapter 6 Chapter Video Introduction Ecosystems are complex interdependent webs of relationships between living and nonliving things....
From Sun to Sunfish
Aquatic habitats are communities in which complex interactions take place among populations and individual organisms as they compete for limited resources in an interdependent web of relationships. Within a community every species has a particular niche. A species’ niche defines how a species fits into its environment. It includes its way of getting food, the habitat it needs, and the role it performs in the community.
Fisheries Biologist
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science A fisheries biologist does many kinds of fisheries management and research activities,...
Living in Water
A species is a group of individuals sharing some common characteristics or qualities, and whose offspring also share those characteristics or qualities. All species are specially suited for the lives they lead. An adaptation is a behavioral, structural, or physiological trait that increases a species’ chance of survival in a specific environment. Every living thing has adapted to fit with where it lives. That’s what it takes for life to survive. Aquatic organisms live in water and have adaptations to do so. This chapter talks about life in water and aquatic ecosystems by fish, aquatic invertebrates, zooplankton, phytoplankton, aquatic plants, and algae in freshwater, estuaries, and the ocean, which in Texas is called the Gulf of Mexico.