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Which of the following statements does NOT describe a function of wetlands?  

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Wetlands buffer shorelines against erosion.
Wetlands make good hazardous waste dumpsites.
Wetlands filter pollutants.
Wetlands provide spawning grounds for commercially important fish and shellfish

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Wetlands serve many vital functions in nature. Wetlands provide a buffer to prevent erosion of shorelines, they filter pollutants, provide spawning grounds for commercially important fish and shellfish, and many other purposes. They do not make good hazardous waste dumpsites and are unfortunately too often polluted  by materials that have been dumped. 

The Wetland have all the above functions except the point that "it make good hazardous waste dumpsites".

The Wetlands: They are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, comparable to rain forests and  coral reefs. They also are a source of substantial biodiversity in supporting numerous species  from all of the major groups of organisms. In short Wetlands can be thought of as “biological supermarkets".

Functions of Wetlands :-

  1. They produce great quantities of food  that attract many animal species.
  2. Help in development of organisms that form the base of the food web
  3. It acts as buffer shorelines against erosion.
  4. It also makes biogeochemical cycling, involves the  biologic, physical, and chemical  transformations of various nutrients  within the biota, soils, water, and air.

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