Freshwater wetlands are areas filled with surface or ground water such as ponds, swamps, bogs, and marshes. They are characterized by precipitation, temperatures, and a variety of biotic factors including bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, and animals. Abiotic factors like elevation, topography, wind speed, and soil composition also influence freshwater wetlands. Food webs in freshwater wetlands are driven by symbiotic relationships between organisms as they cycle carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and water. Drought can stress freshwater wetland ecosystems and cause harm to plants and animals with a loss of water.

1. Freshwater Wetland By: Lauren King and Kathryn Jones

3. Precipitation

4. Temperatures

7. Food Chain Zooplankton Shrimp Water Strider Frog Great Egret Toad Snapping Turtle Snails Trout River Otter Red Wolf Raccoon Crayfish Alligator

8. Water Cycle

10. Carbon Cycle

12. Nitrogen Cycle

14. Phosphorus Cycle

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