(ǝ kwä tik): Growing or living in or often found in water.

(kla sə fə kā shən): Systematic arrangement in groups or categories according to established criteria.

(kǝ la bǝ rā shǝn): The act of working together.

(kän(t) sər vā shən): A careful preservation and protection of something, especially planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect.

(dā tǝ or da tǝ): Factual information (such as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation.

(dī vǝrs): Differing from one another.

(ē kō sis tǝm): A system made up of an ecological community of living things interacting with their environment especially under natural conditions.

(i rō zhǝn): The process of deteriorating or disappearing by wearing away.

(fləd plān): Flat land area next to a stream or river.

(ma nij mǝnt): The conducting or supervising of something.

(me tǝ mȯr fǝ sǝs): The process of basic and usually rather sudden change in the form and habits of some animals during transformation from an immature stage (as a tadpole or a caterpillar) to an adult stage (as a frog or a butterfly).

(mi gra shun): The act of moving from one place to another.

(pä pyǝ lā shǝn): The total of individuals occupying an area.

(ri zil yən(t)s): An ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.

(spē sēz or spē shēz): A category of living things that ranks below a genus, is made up of related individuals able to produce fertile offspring, and is identified by a two-part scientific name.

(sǝ stān): (1) To give support or relief to; (2) to keep up.

(ver ē ə bəl): (1) A factor, trait, or condition that can be changed or controlled; (2) a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

(ve jǝ tā shǝn): Plant life or total plant cover of an area.

(wȯ tər fau̇(-ə)l): A bird that is found in or near water.

(wet landz): Land or areas (such as marshes or swamps) that are covered, often intermittently, with shallow water or have soil saturated with moisture.