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It discusses research intended to settle a debate about how agricultural yields can be increased without negative effects on water quality.

It explains the differences between stream-protection strategies used in oil palm plantations and stream-protection strategies used in other kinds of agricultural environments.

It describes findings that challenge a previously held view about how fish that inhabit streams in agricultural environments attempt to avoid predators.

It presents a study that addresses an unresolved question about the presence of forests along streams in agricultural environments.

It provides a characterization about a field of thought by noting two works in it and then details a way in which some works in that field are more comprehensive than others.

It mentions two renowned works and then claims that despite their popularity it is impossible for these works to serve the purpose their authors intended.

It summarizes the history of a field of thought by discussing two works and then proposes a topic of further research for specialists in that field.

It describes two influential works and then explains why one is more widely read than the other.

It challenges a common assumption about the species under investigation in the research referred to in the text.

It introduces discussion of a specific example that supports the general claim made in the previous sentence.

It suggests that a certain species should be included in additional studies like the one mentioned later in the text.

It provides a definition for an unfamiliar term that is central to the main argument in the text.

To demonstrate that Anne has a newly developed appreciation of nature

To describe an argument that Anne and Marilla often have

To emphasize Marilla's disapproval of how Anne has decorated her room

To show that Anne and Marilla have very different personalities