lakes and ponds are vital habitats, and provide essential resources for a wide range of species, including humans. What is the status of these rich ecosystems?
Here and there, the white landscape featured hydrological formations like ice-lake blisters, saltwater bodies, briny pockets, and meltwater ponds ... possibility of any ecosystem lurking inside ...
Freshwater habitats – including rivers, lakes, ponds, streams ... crabs and other animals that depend exclusively on freshwater ecosystems. They found that 24 per cent were at risk of extinction ...