Texas Aquatic Science Chapter 14 Video Introduction

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Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, and home to many specially adapted plant and wildlife species. Wetlands provide many important benefits to people, fish, and wildlife. Wetlands are places where the land and water meet. It’s a zone of transition — not dry, not a pond, but not land either. The key ingredient in a wetland is always water. All wetlands are wet for a major part of the plant growing season. Some wetlands may have standing water. Others may just be muddy places. Some may even appear dry when it doesn’t rain for a long time. But if you dig a hole, the hole will fill with water.– Texas Aquatic Science Chapter 10: Wetlands

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Texas Aquatic Science is a cooperative education project sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife, The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. Additional project support came from the Ewing Halsell Foundation and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Sport Fish Restoration Program. Rudolph Rosen, Ph.D. wrote and edited the Texas Aquatic Science textbook. Videos were produced by Randall Maxwell. Sandra Johnson, Ph.D. served as educational consultant and authored the accompanying Teacher’s Guide.