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Area of light penetration in lakes where photosynthesis can take place
Area where little to no light penetrates |
photic zone
aphotic zone |
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Distance from shore where plants still occur
Distance from shore where no plants ocor |
-Littoral
-Limnetic |
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Open water area?
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Pelagic zone
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Bottom
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Benthic
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Oligotrophic lakes
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nutrient poor, O2 rich
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Eutrophic lakes
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Nutrient Rich, O2 poor
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add artificial levels of nutrients into a lake = increase in certain organisms = low O2
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Eutriphication
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Type of wet land that is in shallow depressions
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Basin
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Type of wet land that is along river bands
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riverine
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Type of wet land that that is around lakes
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fringe
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Type of wet land that has soft emergent vegetation
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marsh
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Type of wet land that has woody emergent vegetation
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swamp
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Type of wet land that has moss, peat deposits
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Bog
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Can wetlands be marine or are they only freshwater
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Can be either
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intertidal/ neritic/ oceanic
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Distance from shore/ H2O depth
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Estuaries
Chemical environment? |
Transition btwn river
high nutrient level = plant growth |
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Continental zone is
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neritic and photic
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Chemical environment of wetlands?
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low O2 and H2O due to high rate of decomposition
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Chemical environment of intertidal
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High in nutrients due to tides
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Shallow corals result in ____relationships
Deep corals result in ____relationships |
symbiotic
no symbiotic |
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Corals chemical environment
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High O2, low freshwater -- dont occur in estuaries
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Oceanic Pelagic Zone - Photic is made up mostly of __________
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plankton
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Examples of type of life in Oceanic Pelagic Zone - Aphotic
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Blobfish
Anglerfish |
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hydrothemal vents and tube worms occur
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Abyssal zone of the benthic zone
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10-20deg N and S of equator
Mostly grasses Scattered small-leaved trees Frequent fires |
Savanna
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30deg N and S of equator
Low widely spaced succulents Higher proportion of bare ground than other terstrial biomes |
Desert
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If you know annual temp and rainfall amounts can you predict the biome?
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no
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OK so is annual temp, rainfall and timing enough to predict the biome?
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no
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What is necessary for predicting biomes?
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annual temp, rainfall, timing, and disturbances
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