Aquatic Life in Wetlands

Select the primary water quality factor that causes the water quality impairment to aquatic life in wetlands.

Please see the Estuary section for coastal and estuarine wetlands criteria.

? * Ammonia

?Coldwater Species
?Warmwater Species

? * Dissolved oxygen low
? * Metals
? * Organics
? * Pesticides
? * Phosphorus
? * Sedimentation
? * Temperature
? * Turbidity

If the wetland recharges groundwater or outflows to a water supply used for consumption:

? * Nitrate

Causes of wetlands degradation without specific limits:

?* Salinity
?* pH

?* Information on Wetlands

NCSU Water Quality Group

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