Wetlands: Ecosystem Goods & Services Vocabulary

Wetlands: areas flooded or saturated by water and support vegetation adapted for life in ________ soils.

• saturated

• dry

• well-drained

• loamy

Hydrophytic: ________-loving.

• water

• fire

• land

• air

Substrate: earthy material covering ground such as dirt, rocks, sand or ________.

• soil

• gravel

• clay

• mud

Anaerobic: contains low ________.

• oxygen

• hydrogen

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen

Aerenchyma: spongy tissue and channels within the leaves, stems and roots of plants allowing air to pass through providing ________ for growth.

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen

• water

Baseflow Contribution: recharge of shallow groundwater contributing to stream ________.

• flow

• velocity

• volume

• current

Biological Productivity: measurement of the rate in which energy can be consumed within an ecosystem resulting in a growth in ________.

• biomass

• population

• species diversity

• energy consumption

Detrital: dead ________.

• material

• matter

• substance

• remains

Nutrient Cycling: process of moving organic and inorganic matter throughout an ________.

• ecosystem

• population

• biome

• community

Biological Uptake: Biological processes occurring naturally in the ecosystem removing ________.

• contaminants

• nutrients

• toxins

• pollutants