
Chapters in Aquatic Science
Chapters in the Texas Aquatic Science Textbook Anchoring the Texas Aquatic Science curriculum for middle and high school students is...
Chapters in the Texas Aquatic Science Textbook Anchoring the Texas Aquatic Science curriculum for middle and high school students is...
Work in Water and Aquatic Science, Jobs, and Career Suggestions for students interested in work in water and jobs for...
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science A water technician does many different things in an aquatic science laboratory...
Texas Aquatic Science Chapter 3 Video Introduction (Click on arrow above to play video) Everyone lives in a watershed. Everything...
How aquatic life adapts to aquatic systems from headwaters to the ocean (Gulf of Mexico) Texas blind salamander The...
Tips to Release Fish Safely Back into the Aquatic Environment Photo credit: Corpus Christi Caller Times For safety for you...
Ways you can Help Make a Difference in the Environment and Help Aquatic Life A student volunteers to help with...
An ethical angler does more than just follow fishing regulations Photo credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife Do the right thing....
Aquatic Science Class Project to Recycle an Oyster Reef Students volunteer for an aquatic science class project to help restore...
Texas coast wetlands serve as the key wintering ground for millions of North American waterfowl during their annual migrations. Photo...
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science A benthic ecologist works to study aquatic life that lives on the...
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science A fish hatchery biologist and technician raise fish to be stocked into...
Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science A freshwater stream ecologist and river ecologist study the animal and plant...
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.
Everything that happens on the land in a watershed affects the water body into which it drains. A stream, pond or wetland can only be as healthy as its watershed. How we use the land affects the health of our aquatic resources, and in turn affects us and what we do in the watershed. In a healthy watershed, water is filtered and stored, but as water runs downhill, it can pick up whatever is on the ground beginning a process of altering water quality. When it flows through cities or across fields and pastures, water picks up dirt, pollutants, and heat. These contaminants flow into a stream, wetland or lake, affecting the water you use to drink, swim, or fish.