Sturdeons, Paddlefishes, Gars, Bowfines, Mooneye, Freshwater Eels, Herrings, Carps and Minnows, North American Catfishes, Smelts, Trouts and Salmons, Cods, Topminnows, Sticklebacks, Sculpins, Temperate Basses, Pikes and Mudminnows, Sunfishes, Perches and Darters, Drums and Croakers.
EXAMPLES Dunkleosteus, Sea Lamprey, Ohio Lamprey, Northern Lamprey, Shortnose Sturgeon, Atlantic Sturgeon, PaddleFish, American Book Lamprey, Mountain Brook Lamprey, Lake Sturgeon, Spotted Gar, Longnose Gar, Bowfin, Mooneye, American Eel, Blueback Herring, Alewife, Gizzard Shad, Hickory Shad, American Shed, Bluntnose Minnow, Central Stoneroller, Cutlips Minnow, Emerald Shiner, Rainbow Smelt, Pink Salmon, Stonecat,
Plants use nitrates as a supply of nitrogen, which is needed to make proteins for healthy growth. Plants absorb nitrates in water through their roots. Nitrates are present in high levels in plant fertilisers. Without nitrates, the amount of chlorophyll in leaves reduces.
