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Southern Research Station USDA Forest Service Getting to know you Name Hometown School Major Year or graduation date Breakout Fill your appointment card What is your favorite type of food. Enrique Fanta. World Bank. June 2014. www.customscatt.org. . An integrated monitoring tool for measuring Customs performance over time.. Used to evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of any Customs administration and compare them to best practices. . Tiffany Dean . Temple University. Therapeutic Recreation Major. Tiffany.dean@temple.edu. . Learning Outcomes . Define Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and describe the effects it causes.. Explain ways in which Aquatic Therapy is beneficial for individuals with Multiple Sclerosis. 75 Use of algae and aquatic macrophytes as feed in small-scale aquaculture – A review 6.3 PProduction or cultivation techniques have not been developed for most of the submerged macrophytes, pr AquaBOOM. TM. ) . is Effective in Enhancing Upper Extremity Strength and Muscular Endurance. Logan Hays, SPT , Grant Hitchens, SPT, Tam Tran, SPT. Advisors: David Lehman, PT, PhD and Timothy Jones, Ed.D. Chris Wojan. Background. Logjams increase benthic and emergent aquatic invertebrate abundance and richness through:. Accretion of organic matter. Increased cover. Creation of diverse habitat. Background. Strategic Plan Briefing . Community Meeting. 31 May 2012. Sponsors. 2. Strategic Plan Outline. Why and Why Now?. Project History. Woodland Aquatic Project . Guidance Documents. Funding. Scope. Location. The Aquatic Biome. 3 Basic Areas:. Freshwater. (rivers, lakes). Brackish. Water (estuaries, wetlands). Marine. (oceans, coral reefs). How do ecologist classify?. Salinity. Depth . Whether the water is . Abiotic Elements That Affect Our Water. Water Chemistry. Healthy aquatic ecosystems depend upon many factors. One important factor is the chemical balance present in the ecosystem.. Aquatic ecosystems are susceptible to many chemical changes. Usually if the chemistry of a “healthy” ecosystem changes, signs of this change will include sensitive organisms quickly declining in number or disappearing. These types of organisms are called . 4.2 pgs. 94 - 100. Biomes. A large geographical region with a specific range of temperatures and precipitation, and the organisms that are adapted to those conditions of temperature and precipitation. "flies“. Almost 120,000 spp. worldwide. 51,197 spp. worldwide are aquatic or . semiaquatic. 17,000 spp. in 2,222 . genn. . in 108 . famm. . in North America. 6,081 spp. in 495 . genn. . in 30 . famm. CHAPTER. Too Much of a Good Thing?. Elephant populations in southern Africa declined sharply due to hunting but have made overwhelming comebacks within nature reserves and parks.. Some worry that elephant overpopulation is causing a decline in local biodiversity and damage to farms and infrastructure.. Insecta. 26-32 orders – depending upon classification scheme. found on every continent except...maybe Antarctica. Collembola. recently found in subterranean lakes in Antarctica. 10 orders with aquatic representatives. Aquatic ecosystems are primarily determined by the ecosystem’s . salinity. . Salinity refers to the dissolved salt content of the water.. Aquatic ecosystems are divided into freshwater and marine ecosystems.. Section 3: . Aquatic Ecosystems. K. What I Know. W. What I Want to Find Out. L. What I Learned. Essential Questions. What are the major abiotic factors that determine the aquatic ecosystems?. What are transitional aquatic ecosystems and why are they important?.