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    AQUATIC-ECOSYSTEM

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    AQUATIC

    ECOSYSTEM
    AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM
     A. MARINE ECOSYSTEM
    - The biggest biome in the world
    - covers 70% of the Earth
    - usually very salty( about 1 cup of salt per gallon of water in the
    ocean
    - the deep sea comprises 80% of all habitats on earth which
    makes it the largest habitat on the planet
    - the deepest point in the ocean, the Mariana Trench(about
    36,200 feet deep)
     It includes 5 oceans:
    - Pacific
    - Atlantic
    - Indian
    - Arctic
    - Southern
     It is divided in 3 vertical zones:
    - Euphotic zone= top layer, the area where light can penetrate
    - Disphotic zone= the next layer, the lights here looks like the twilight
    on land
    - Aphotic zone= the deepest part, the water is very cold and
    completely dark and low in nutritional content
     Weather
    - Temperature: average temperature is 39F
     Flora
    - over 1 million species of plants an animals are in the oceans, 9
    million species haven’t found yet.
    - marine plants and algae provide much of the world’s oxygen
    supply and take in huge amounts of CO2. Absorption of CO2 maybe
    useful in reducing the severity of climate change.
    - Examples: Kelp(marine algae, serves as a shelter and food for
    a lot of sea creatures, Phytoplankton(serves as food to many of the
    ocean creatures from the smallest fish to large whales)
     Fauna
    - Most marine mammals have blubber to survive in the cold
    water, but sea otters are unique because they don’t have blubber.
    Instead, they have fur more dense than any other mammal, with up
    to 1 million hairs per square inch.
    B. COASTAL REGIONS: ESTUARIES

     Estuary is partially enclosed coastal body of water, part sea, part


    water way, and part land. A place of transition from salt water to
    fresh water, from tidal to non-tidal and from wet to dry.
     Often called bays, lakes, lagoons, harbors, rivers or inlets
     Examples of plants: Mangroves and Pickle Weed
     Flora and Fauna:
    - Adaptation of plants and animals includes necessary tolerance
    to fresh water environments due to flood events, or high salinity
    during periods of drought at any location in estuary.
     Habitat types found in Estuary:
    - Mangroves and salt marshes
    - Sea Grasses and open waters
    - Intertidal mud flats and mud basins
    - sandy shoals and beaches
    - rocky shores and reefs
    - freshwater wetlands and floodplains
    C. FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM
     Include lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams
     The biggest lake on earth is Lake Baikal in Central Asia(maximum
    depth of 5,315 ft)
     Estuary is a palace where salt-water and fresh water meet
     Ecotone is a place where two habitats come together.
     Flora and Fauna:
    - Freshwater plants have strong roots that keep them from being
    carried away by the water, some have stems that bend easily with the
    movement of the water.
    - For freshwater animals, they have to hold onto rocks and the
    bottom may have suction-cup like structures on their bodies. Other
    thrives in still water environments, like lakes.

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