Freshwater+Ecology-Cynthia

Freshwater ecology By: Cynthia Underberg Despite the fact that Ecology is a strange sounding word, it is a simple concept. Ecology is a fancy word for the study of relations. In freshwater ecosystems, there is much Ecology to discuss. How plants react to weather, animals to animals, water to dead things, etc. When it is winter, the water turns colder and sometimes; it even freezes. It’s even rarer when it’s hard enough for it to hold your weight. Animals only fight each other for two reasons. One, they need food (depending on type of animal). So they will kill another for its meat. Two if another animal attacks it; or its young, they will fight back. Plants die in the winter due to the harsh of the cold, and sometimes in the summer as well (when it is too dry for rain and there is no water). Some plants are eaten by animals, and some are taken out by people (small children to be precise).