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Blood plasma is the liquid portion of blood and contains many dissolved substance. Are all substances found in blood plasma electrolytes? Please explain.
Blood is the chief method of transport for vital and waste electrolytes. The blood receives an excess of carbon dioxide (CO2) from metabolic activities which slight lowers blood pH, yet the pH of the blood remains relatively constant. Explain how CO2 is buffered in the blood causing stabilisation of blood pH?
Explain why it is life threatening to have a low blood pH
Ubiquitin protein ligases E3s?
A three year old very bad open wound hip injury on a boat deck is suspected of being the source of a normally respiratory infection. Is this a possibility?
18. Multispecies management can be viewed as
A. a unique event in time and place.
B. an act positively affecting some species' population density, harming others, and having no effect on other animal species.
C. specific to the needs of each species.
D. a giant experiment, backed by little prior research or observations.





19. The newest policy gaining attention and causing some conflicts within wildlife and related agencies is the
A. multiple-use policy.
B. the stewardship policy.
C. new perspectives policy.
D. ecosystem management policy.





20. The comeback of the beaver is an exception to the rule that
A. once a species declines, it can never be restored.
B. transplantation is hardly ever effective.
C. rodent populations can't be managed effectively.
D. compensation will make up for losses.
14. Rabbits differ from hares in that
A. they are born blind, whereas young hares are born with their eyes open.
B. their ears are longer.
C. their hind legs are longer.
D. they're rarely prey for other animals.





15. Edge should be managed according to the needs of the
A. wildlife manager.
B. individual species being managed.
C. prey.
D. predator.





16. How can mink population numbers be increased?
A. Reduce the pollution that affects their food supplies
B. Increase trapping
C. Continue land-use changes near waterways
D. Increase vegetation growth near waterways





17. The marten is typically an animal of the
A. marshes.
B. farm fields.
C. pine and other conifer plantations.
D. wilderness.
9. Beavers provide secondary benefit to
A. muskrats.
B. rabbits.
C. wolverines.
D. bobcats.





10. Managing mice is fundamental to
A. reducing crop damage.
B. improving natural soils and soil moisture.
C. providing food for other mammals.
D. learning how to manage other animal populations.





11. To be effective in conflict resolution, the wildlife manager must work with
A. habitats to improve them for important species.
B. populations to influence birth and death rates.
C. politics and education—areas where so many resource problems seem to occur.
D. populations, habitats, and people simultaneously.





12. To increase a porcupine population, what habitat factor would the manager try to manipulate?
A. Roots
B. Rodents
C. Dead animals
D. Bark and green vegetation





13. Injury by wild animals differs from damage caused by them in that
A. injury is physical—an evident harm caused to another animal or plant.
B. damage is inconspicuous and minor.
C. injury may result in no measurable loss in value as compared with damage.
D. damage may result in no measurable loss in value as compared with injury.
6. If you were consulted by a sheep rancher about coyote predation, which measure would you most highly recommend?
A. Woven wire galvanized mesh fencing
B. Use of a guard dog
C. Electric fencing
D. Use of a guard donkey


7. Your client asks you to manage an area with gray fox, raccoon, cottontail rabbit, and gray squirrel populations. Which of the following species would have a significant positive effect on another of the involved species?
A. Gray fox on gray squirrel
B. Raccoon on gray fox
C. Gray squirrel on gray fox and cottontail rabbit
D. Cottontail rabbit on gray fox





8. The principle of compensation in wildlife management holds that
A. animals not taken by hunters will die as a result of other factors.
B. public wildlife management agency staffs are paid from state and federal taxes.
C. managers must be paid for their work.
D. wildlife pest problems that cause financial loss need to be paid for by wildlife managers.
What is the balanced equation for photosynthesis and its reactants?