Duplicate of Biomes & Aquatic Ecosystems

In a pond or lake, the shore area is also called

varying temperatures, low rainfall characterize a

scattered trees, lots of grasses, hot rainy summers, cool dry winters, 50-130 cm precipitation

treeless, permafrost, very little precipitation, freezing cold temperatures characterize a

High & low tide, crashing waves, anemones, barnacles, rockweed

An aquatic ecosystem that is ideal for animals to use as a nursery

cold, dark, pressurized, salt water, food webs based on chemosynthesis or dead animals sinking

from continental shelf & out, most photosynthesis in the world, low nutrients, bright, marine

shallow land submerged in water, fresh water, bright, high productivity, great breeding grounds

freshwater ecosystems that normally originating underground water sources in mountains or hills

mix of fresh & salt water, great breeding & nursery grounds, lots of biomass, shallow, bright

In a biome, climate

coniferous trees, long cold dry winters, short moist summers characterize a

How many types of aquatic ecosystems are there?

aquatic ecosystem zone that is well-lit

How many zones does the ocean have?

hot dry summers, cool wet winters, less rainfall than temperate forests characterize a

marine zone from low tide mark to continental shelf drop off, bright, coral reefs/kelp forests

Aquatic ecosystem with very few nutrients, animals are adapted to withstand being swept away.

deciduous trees, hot summers, cold winters characterize a

hot summers, cold winters, moderate rainfall, possible wildfires, thick cover of grasses