| Term | Definition |
|---|
| herbivores | animals that eat only plants |
| producers | plants that perform photosynthesis and provide food for consumers |
| detritivores | feed on detritus, the little-altered remains of living organisms |
| scavengers | animals that feed on dead or decaying organic matter |
| omnivores | feed on both plants and animals |
| tertiary consumer | a high-level consumer, which is usually the top predator in an ecosystem and/or food chain |
| secondary consumers | an organism that feeds on primary consumers; a carnivore |
| carnivores | animals that eat other animals |
| primary productivity | the production of new plant material |
| biodiversity | the number of different species of organisms in a particular environment |
| wetland value | properties of a wetland that are valuable to humans |
| wetland function | properties that a wetland naturally provides |
| non-point source pollution | pollution caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground |
| point source pollution | a single, identifiable, localized source of air, water, thermal, noise, or light pollution |
| pollution | the act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances |
| debris | carelessly discarded refuse; litter |
| estuary | a coastal area where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with saltwater from the ocean |
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