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A Swamp Ecosystem

by: National Geographic Society (U.S.); National Geographic Society (U.S.). Educational Services

Publication date: 1983

Topics: Swamp ecology, Swamp ecology, Ecology, Swamp ecology

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, Educational Services

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

Title from data sheet

Intended audience: Grades 7-12 and adults

Issued also as videorecording

Takes a look at the largest freshwater swamp in North America, the Okefenokee. Visits the vast peat bogs which are rich in animal and plant life and shows the change in the ecosystem from lake and open wetlands to eerie cypress groves. Also describes the positive contributions that drought and fire make to the cycle of life in the swamps