Field Trip: Freshwater Habitat

In order to experience local habitats and animals and plants around them, our team must visit the freshwater habitat on site. We believe that going to the site to observe animals, plants, habitats will be an interesting learning experience as we are allowed to live here, not just pictures and texts in textbooks I will. In addition, our team wants to learn the right way to observe and inspect habitat without damaging this area.

Freshwater freshwater resources are an important part of our landscape and offer a variety of habitats to support abundant wildlife including fish, birds and invertebrates. They are essential for Irish biodiversity. Freshwater biodiversity is fragile because freshwater is a human resource that can be extracted, moved, contained, or contaminated in a way that sacrifices its value as a habitat. There are more than 11,000 lakes in Ireland, mainly in the central, western and northwest areas. The total area of ​​the river and lake is about 1,500 square kilometers. There are various kinds of lakes in Ireland, each with its own species and habitat. The classification of the lake is usually based on the nutritional status or nutritional status of the water. Typical lake species include pond grass, various lilies and moss. Our most interesting type of lake may be havoc, peculiar to Ireland, the majority occurring in the west.

Lakes and rivers are important freshwater habitats for carp movements, egg laying, breeding. Everyone knows that all living needs clean freshwater, but many activities threaten its quality. Chemical contamination of water is common and occurs on many scales, from small oil spills to large-scale direct discharge from pulp factories and paper mills. Organic pollution including runoff from livestock farms and sewage treatment plants can also unnaturally raise the nutrient level and contaminate the water. When entering the waterway, pollutants can harm insects and other invertebrates - the main food source of the fish. Consciousness to your activities and vigilance against others can help reduce the amount of pollutants reaching the lake and river. Coastal waters provide habitat for aquaculture, migration, and conventional salmon. These areas may also be affected by destructive activities such as industrial pollution and aquaculture.

The habitat of intact freshwater organisms and marine organisms is important for various salmon life cycles. Among human activities in land, freshwater, and waters, there are things that can reduce the habitats important for the health of wild salmon. Generally, if certain activities occur somewhere in an unsustainable or destructive manner, they may affect salmon. Everything is connected. In a critical life phase, salmon obviously needs fresh water. For example, egg hatching requires a clean, cold, gravel bed containing oxygen-rich water. However, humans manipulate rivers in various ways that affect salmon, such as intake, storage, transportation, transfer of hydropower, flood control. These activities deteriorated and eliminated a wide area that was once the main habitat of salmon. These changes basically change the ecology of the freshwater system and can change the flow of nutrients and food supply.