Essentials of Biology (5th International Edition)
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ISBN: 9781259660269
Author: Sylvia S. Mader, Dr., Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill
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Chapter 32, Problem 1TC
In 1993, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service established Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge to restore and protect wetland habitats. The Illinois and Spoon River confluence was restored to its original floodplain. In order to achieve this, hundreds of acres of farmland were flooded. What might be the positive and negative environmental impacts of flooding the confluence of these two rivers? What direct and indirect benefits could a project like this provide for the residents of central Illinois?
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Essentials of Biology (5th International Edition)
Ch. 32.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 32.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 32.1 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 32.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 32.1 - Prob. 1ACh. 32.1 - Prob. 2ACh. 32.2 - Define biodiversity, and briefly list some of the...Ch. 32.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 32.2 - Prob. 3LOCh. 32.2 - Prob. 1CYP
Ch. 32.2 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 32.2 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 32.2 - Prob. 3ACh. 32.2 - Prob. 4ACh. 32.3 - Describe the effects of human populations on land...Ch. 32.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 32.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 32.3 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 32.3 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 32.3 - 3. List the harmful effects of modern agricultural...Ch. 32.3 - Prob. 4CYPCh. 32.3 - Prob. 5CYPCh. 32.3 - Prob. 5ACh. 32.3 - Prob. 6ACh. 32.3 - Most of the fresh water in the world is used for....Ch. 32.3 - 8.A major negative effect of the dumping of raw...Ch. 32.3 - Prob. 9ACh. 32.3 - Prob. 10ACh. 32.4 - 1. Explain why human society is unsustainable in...Ch. 32.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 32.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 32.4 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 32.4 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 32.4 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 32.4 - Prob. 11ACh. 32.4 - Prob. 12ACh. 32 - Prob. 1BYBCh. 32 - Does the lead in the Flint water crisis represent...Ch. 32 - Prob. S12.3BYBCh. 32 - Prob. S30.2BYBCh. 32 - Prob. S31.2BYBCh. 32 - In 1993, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...Ch. 32 - Prob. 2TCCh. 32 - Prob. 3TCCh. 32 - Prob. 4TC
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