Freshwater Wetlands and Estuaries Are Highly Productive and Provide Enough

question 5

Essay

Freshwater wetlands and estuaries are highly productive and provide enough food to support a variety of organisms. Define a freshwater wetland and an estuary and discuss the ecologically important roles that these ecosystems play.

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Definitions:

Skinner Box

An experimental apparatus used in the study of animal behavior to investigate the effects of reinforcement on behavior.

Response Rate

The frequency at which a certain behavior or reaction occurs in a given period of time.

Classical Conditioning

The act of acquiring knowledge via the ongoing pairing of two stimuli, which leads to a response that initially responds to the second stimulus but eventually responds to the first stimulus.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, which influences the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.