Vernal pools has three syllables.
In the spring? Millions of them. "Vernal" pools are low-lying areas that are filled with springtime rain, and which dry up each summer. That's what "vernal" means; springtime.
Aram J. K Calhoun has written: 'Science and conservation of vernal pools in Northeastern North America' -- subject(s): Vernal pool ecology, Vernal pools
Vernal pools can appear on many of earth's continents, so the type of animal residents would vary, by region. Generally speaking, insects, small fishes, amphibians and reptiles live in this type of pool.
San Diego fairy shrimp are threatened by habitat loss, altered hydrology of their habitat and off-highway vehicle activity. They are listed as Endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. By 1998, their habitat (vernal pools) was reduced to less than five percent of its historical extent (USFWS 1998). Remaining vernal pools are threatened by continuted urban development, increases or decreases in water flow into the pools, and physical destruction of habitat by vehicles. San Diego fairy shrimp occur in vernal pools in mesas from Northern Baja California through Orange County; Most of the historical vernal pool habitat was converted to residential development.
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Fairy shrimp live in vernal pools. They are approximately one inch long, and related to lobsters. They swim upside down so they can eat the algae on the water's surface.
Ok, how many seasonal pools, or disposable pools are sold annually in the US?
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There are 26,830 backyard pools in Austrailia.
"Vernal" is Latin for "spring".
Ewen Vernal was born in 1964.