So it's a very different kind of biota that would have been in these lagoons or near-shore deposits, near-shore areas 36 million years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Species Of Extinct Giant Penguin Discovered] Reference

Changes in aquatic biota and ecosystem structure and function.    From Wordnik.com.  [Impacts on arctic freshwater and anadromous fisheries] Reference

The western Australian biota as Gondwanan heritage – a review.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swan Coastal Plain scrub and woodlands] Reference

Humans have had one of the greatest influences on the biota of ecosystems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fire ecology fact sheet] Reference

Carbonate substrates in some areas affect water quality, hydrology, and biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference

The dominant form of C loss is as CO2, produced by both plants and soil biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Effects of changes in climate and UV radiation levels on function of arctic ecosystems in the short and long term] Reference

Gondwanan Heritage: past, present, and future of the western Australian biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swan Coastal Plain scrub and woodlands] Reference

The monument contains many geologic formations that provide unique habitat for biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Proclamation On The California Coastal National Monument] Reference

Most of the area rarely experiences frost, and the biota are partly tropical in origin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sonoran Desert] Reference

The lesser biota was genome-compatible and inoffensive, with a few conspicuous exceptions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]

The sandstone massif harbors a highly endemic biota, including vascular plants and mammals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arnhem Land tropical savanna] Reference

Disturbances often create open space and make resources more available to biota in the ecosystem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Natural disturbance regime] Reference

Primary succession is the development of the first biota in a given region where no life is found.    From Wordnik.com.  [AP Environmental Science Chapter 5- The Biosphere] Reference

This aquatic barrier is a threat to the survival of numerous fish species and other aquatic biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Habitat fragmentation] Reference

Many chemicals persist in the environment, circulating between air, water, sediments, soil and biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 3] Reference

Runoff from bituminous coal mining has degraded water quality and affected aquatic biota in a few streams.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)] Reference

However, 200 years of human settlement has exerted a serious influence on the native biota of these islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Granitic Seychelles forests] Reference

Increased turbidity, current, and volume from the Missouri River contribute to a change in the aquatic biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

You've come to the conclusion that "the Plan has been realized", that the "current biota is the terminal one".    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

The geologic history of the Philippines is very complex and has had tremendous influence on the biota found there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luzon montane rain forests] Reference

TYSON: I want to go digging under the surface of Mars and see if there is fossil evidence for a once-thriving biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By President And The First Lady At Millennium Event] Reference

He would be very much surprised if it did not contain the most extensive and di­verse biota of any world yet discovered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mid Flinx]

The many primitive plant taxa, including an endemic family of tree, the Degeneraceae, belie the ancient origins of the biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fiji tropical moist forests] Reference

The disturbance of these coal strata in southern Iowa and northern Missouri has degraded water quality and affected aquatic biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of the United States-Level III (EPA)] Reference

Hunting, occasional fires, agricultural activities, and cattle farming are the main threats that endanger the biota of this region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zacatonal] Reference

The sandstone massif of western Arnhem Land harbors a highly endemic biota, with endemism seen across many animal and plant groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arnhem Land tropical savanna] Reference

In fact all biota, wild and domesticated, within the global ecosystem probably depends at least in part on plants that sustain health.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. The global background] Reference

Shifting water masses and currents will affect biotic cues for habitat use and migrations of biota such as fish and marine mammals (?).    From Wordnik.com.  [Effects of climate change on general hydro-ecology in the Arctic] Reference

They're providing very hot water that is mixed in with chemicals that the biota (ph), the living organisms around those vents, thrive on.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2006] Reference

Geographical patterns of old and young species in African forest biota: the significance of specific montane areas as evolutionary centres.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biodiversity in Africa] Reference

Geographical patterns of old and young species in African forest biota: the significance of specific montane areas as evolutionary centers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Arc forests] Reference

His specialized internal biota seem more closely related to the kinds of organisms one would be likely to encounter in the vicinity of the equator.    From Wordnik.com.  [Impossible Places]

The biota of the southwest Amazon moist forest is very rich because of these dramatic edaphic and topographical variations at both the local and regional levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southwest Amazon moist forests] Reference

And with the discovery of life under the oceans, that has basically shattered those restrictions on how we can think about the ecosystems that can support a biota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By President And The First Lady At Millennium Event] Reference

In addition to doing battle with their competition, they would have to adapt instantly and successfully to whatever local or alien biota had been pro­grammed into the test field.    From Wordnik.com.  [The False Mirror]