Most fruits mature during the aquatic phase or towards the end of submersion phase with extension into the terrestrial phase.
We may again use the case of dividing animals into aquatic, terrestrial and aerial.
These limited data suggest that protozoa may be an important food resource for the numerous aquatic metazoa that inhabit the tanks of bromeliads.
Examples are presented where parasites can be used as bioindicators of pollution especially in aquatic environments.
One possible method of assessing the effects of pollutants on aquatic organisms is to examine susceptible organ systems for morphological changes.
The phenological observations are related to the aquatic phase (grey area) and the dry season (horizontal dotted bars).
Microbial communities in aquatic environments colonize surfaces by forming adherent biofilms.
It is found that on an average annually about 6 per cent of the total aquatic biomass is utilized by the villagers as fodder.
