• Biological diversity, or biodiversity, refers to the wide
range of living organisms on the planet.
• Connectivity can be particularly important for conservation of
aquatic organisms to allow aquatic species to migrate within a channel network
in response to changing climatic conditions.
• The diet of the Gulf sturgeon
consists of soft-bodied organisms such as aquatic insects and other aquatic
invertebrates while they inhabit freshwater, and mollusks, shrimps, other
invertebrates, and small fish while in marine environments.