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 __Waterfall flowing into a lake__

There are many plants and animals in lakes such as turtles, snakes, and ducks. By the shore of a lake or pond is the littoral zone. The littoral zone is the warmest since it is shallow and it can absorb more of the sun's heat.  The monerans a lake heavily polluted by chemicals may have very low concentrations of fecal coliform bacteria. It depends on the source of pollution. Urbanization of watersheds may generate new sources of fecal coliform bacteria. even as old sources disappear – for example, when farming land fertilized by cow dung is converted into condos. In this case, pet wastes, failing septic systems, and interconnections with leaking sanitary sewers may replace cow manure as a fecal coliform source. Storm water runoff in urbanized areas has been found to be surprisingly high in fecal coliform bacteria concentrations. The presence of disintegrating storm and sewers, misplaced sewers, and good breeding conditions are common explanations for the high levels measured.Bacteria, which belong to group Eubacteria are small, relatively simple, single-celled organisms. They have existed on earth longer and are more widely spread out than any other organisms. They are found in almost every imaginable habitat: in air, soil, water , in extreme temperatures, and in harsh chemical environments. Spherical cocci (coccus) are also common. //Streptococci are// chain-forming cocci responsible for ailments such as strep throat in humans. //Staphylococcus// spp. Form clusters reminiscent of tiny bunches of grapes (//staphylo// is Greek for "cluster"), and are responsible for those nasty "staph" infections (gangrene) found in untreated (infected) puncture wounds. Spiral-shaped spirilla (spirillum) are the largest of these three types, and the simplest to identify. E.Coli Escherichia coli (or E. coli for short) is a common bacterium that lives in human and animal intestines, where it is present in large numbers. There are hundreds of E. coli strains and most are relatively harmless, causing illnesses such as traveler’s diarrhea only when consumed in exceedingly high numbers. Symptoms of poisoning by E. coli include bloody diarrhea, kidney damage, and occasionally death.  Eubacteria



Protists Plant-like protists (algae) are photsynthetic. There are three algae that are in these biome red, brown, and blue algae. These are not single celled.

green algae://Pseudotrebouxia// trebouxiophyceae red algae: //Palmaria palmata //

=Fungi; Organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a body mass of branched filaments that often produce specialized fruiting bodies. The kingdom includes the yeasts, molds, smuts, and mushrooms = = = = A deadly fungi that has killed populations of mountain yellow-legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada, can likely be spread by sexual reproduction, complicating efforts to save the frogs from extinction, according to a new genetic analysis led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The steep decline in population of the mountain yellow-legged frog over the past several decades has been attributed to the introduction of predator fish in some areas and to chytridiomycosis, a spreading disease caused by this water borne fungus, // Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis .// There is another fungus called Saprolegnia diclina. This fungus is a disease that infects frogs.=



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 * PLANTS**: any member of the kingdom Plantae, having multicellular organisms that usually make their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have cell walls including vascular plants, mosses, and liverworts.======

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One plant is the //LYCOPODIOPHYTA// ** Lycopodiopsida ** is a class of plants often loosely grouped as the cousins of the fern, and includes the clubmosses. ======

Class: **Lycopodiopsida**
genus: lycopodiella species __Swamp Horsetail__ // __Equisetum palustre__  // where it lives : Found growing in shallow lakes, lake edges, marshes, wet swamps, ditches at middle elevation. Often form large colonies in shallow bodies of water.
 * Kingdom: || Plantae ||
 * Division: || Pteridophyta ||
 * Class: || Equisetopsida ||
 * Order: || Equisetales ||
 * Family: || Equisetaceae ||
 * Genus: || //Equisetum// ||
 * Species: || //**E. palustre**// ||

__ Yellow Pond Lily __ // __Nuphar polysepalum__ // Ecology: Grows in ponds, shallow lakes, swamps, and sluggish streams.
 * Kingdom || Plantae -- Planta, plantes, plants, Vegetal  ||   ||
 * || Division || Magnoliophyta --  ||
 * || Class || Magnoliopsida   ||
 * || Order || Nymphaeales   ||
 * || Family || Nymphaeaceae   ||
 * || Genus || Nuphar Sm.  ||
 * || Species || Nuphar luteum   ||

Cattail // Typha latifolia // Ecology: Common in swampss, ponds, ditches, lake edges, and any other slow moving water.


 * Kingdom: ||  Plantae   ||
 * division: || Angiosperms  ||
 * Order: ||  Poales   ||
 * Family: ||  Typhaceae   ||
 * Genus: || // Typha // ||
 * Species: || **//  latifolia //** ||

Ring Pellia // Pellia neesiana // Ecology: Low to alpine elevations but most seen at low elevations, found on not very fertile soils along stream banks, swamps and **lakeshores**. Often seen on fertilizer deficient soils that form on rocks at the edge of streams.
 * Kingdom  || // Plantae //  – Plants   ||
 * Division  || // Hepaticophyta //  – Liverworts   ||
 * Class ||   ||
 * Order  || // Metzgeriales //    ||
 * Family  || // Pelliaceae //    ||
 * Genus  || // Pellia // Raddi, nom. cons.    ||
 * Species  || // Pellia // //neesiana// (Gottsche) Limpr.    ||

The conifer this is found right on top of lakes. || Kingdom: || Plantae ||
 * // Pinus sylvestris //  ||
 * **Scientific classification** ||
 * Division: || Pinophyta ||
 * Class: || Pinopsida ||
 * Order: || Pinales ||
 * Family: || ** Pinaceae ** ||

ANIMALS

The Common Loon
 * Kingdom: ||  Animalia   ||
 * Phylum: ||  Chordata   ||
 * Class: ||  Aves   ||
 * Order: ||  Gaviiformes   ||
 * Family: ||  Gaviidae   ||
 * Genus: || // Gavia //  ||
 * Species: || **// immer //** ||

its diets consist of pike, perch, sunfish, trout, and bass

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 * Kingdom: || Animalia
 * Phylum: || Chordata
 * Class: || Actinopterygii
 * Superorder: || Protacanthopterygii
 * Order: || Esociformes
 * Family: || Esocidae
 * Genus: || //Esox//
 * Species: || //** E. lucius **// ||

The northern pike eats smaller fish, such as bluegill, perch, and bass, they also eat frogs, and other pike. = = = = = = =The american Aligator= this aligator eats fish and ducks and and other water birds.
 * Kingdom: || Animalia ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * Class: || Sauropsida ||
 * Order: || Crocodilia ||
 * Family: || Alligatoridae ||
 * Genus: || //Alligator// ||
 * Species: || //**A. mississippiensis**// ||

painted turtle The turtle Eats small fish and seaweed.
 * Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * Class: || Reptilia  ||
 * Order: || Testudines  ||
 * Family: || Emydidae  ||
 * Subfamily: || Deirochelyinae ||
 * Genus: || //**Chrysemys**// ||
 * Species: || //**C. picta**// ||

The striped loon || || || The loons diet consists of seaweeds, and small crustations and fish.
 * Kingdom: || Animalia
 * Phylum: || Chordata
 * Class: || Aves
 * Order: || Gaviiforme**s** ||
 * Family: || **Gaviidae** ||
 * Genus: || //**gavia**// ||

roundworm the round worm lives where ever there are fish. || || || || || this Round worm eats alive and dead tissue of the fish's body.
 * Kingdom: || Animalia
 * Phylum: || Nematoda
 * Class: || Secernentea
 * Order: || Ascaridida
 * Family: || Ascarididae
 * Genus: || // Ascaris // ||
 * Species: || //lumbricoide// ||

large mouth bass the bass lives in lakes all around the world.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Centrarchidae Genus: Micropterus Species: **//salmoides//**

the large mouth bass eats frogs, smaller fish, crayfish, and other small crustations,and worms.

platypus the platypus lives in African lakes.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Monotremata Family: Ornithorhynchidae Genus: **//Ornithorhynchus//** Species: **//anatinus//** the platypus eats crustations.



Classification •Phylum: Chordata •Class: Reptilia •Order: Testudines •Family: Chelydridae

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