Sentences with phrase «cold headwater streams»

«The great irony is that the cold headwater streams that were believed to be most vulnerable to climate change appear to be the least vulnerable.

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Headwater streams, which provide the coldest available habitat in many areas, are often assumed to be the ultimate refuges for coldwater species, but many of these species are also acid - sensitive — and many headwaters of the southern Appalachian region are already too acid to support them.
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