The answer is that wetlands serve as breeding grounds for many animals, not just fish, as well as act as nurseries for when the animals are just born. ... Wetlands are critical to the fish industry, which continues to over farm the oceans. ... Animals like shrimp, crabs, and eatable fish all spend sometime in coastal wetlands. These animals are a good, as well as expensive source of food. Other animals like oysters and clams also live in wetlands. ...

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The Backyard Duck Farm in Victoria, Laguna was first visited. ... It is the largest poultry farm in the province of Laguna and probably in the country. ... The lake is the main source of water for numerous duck farms in Victoria, Laguna surrounding Laguna de Bay. ... The owner of the duck farms mixes some snails and small shells in the duck feed in order to minimize the cost in feeding the ducks. ... It is advantageous for the owner of the duck farm to build it along lakeshore because the lake can supply some resources necessary to raise a duck or to build a duck farm. ...

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This experiment was conducted in order to investigate the preferred soil moisture levels of the Porcellio scaber (Slater), because they had recently been observed on a farm in Waikari and it was interesting to find out further information about them. ... Slaters also feed on Fungi associated with decay or dead animal matter such as dead insects or larger animal carcasses. ... Many animals will eat terrestrial isopods. ... Soil/Substrate Type From observation it is clear that Slaters prefer damp soil and decomposing wood as substrate types, as at each site the Slaters were found on a farm in Wa...

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We dispose of human wastes, animal wastes, and chemical substances into the environment at such a rate that even the largest lake and river systems have difficulty cleansing themselves and sustaining life. ... Conservation on the farm can greatly expand water supplies throughout the world. ... Energy from the sun drives photosynthesis of aquatic plants, which produce oxygen that breaks down some organic material, such as plant and animal waste. This decomposition produces carbon dioxide, nutrients and other substances needed by plants and animals living in water. The purification cycle continu...

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