Sentences with phrase «relatively pristine lakes»
The high elevation, relatively pristine lakes of the southern Sierra Nevada (California, USA) has been the scene of massive frog die - offs from chytridiomycosis caused by the...
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Rochelle Sturtevant, an ecologist who studies the Great Lakes for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, hopes Leprieur's study can serve as a cautionary tale as developing nations join the global market and undertake activities that threaten to introduce exotic species into their relatively pristine ecosystems.
The lake also drains into the Ross Sea, so any potential contaminants would eventually be washed out, leaving the lake relatively pristine after drilling.