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Aquatic Biomes Freshwater | Biology | Ecology

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Generally:
Pond snails
Green frogs
Painted turtles
Blue-winged teals
Muskrats
Plankton
Northern pikes
Bloodworms
Yellow perchs
Diving beetles

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Top - Littoral Zone - Shallow sunlit waters near shore, to the depth where rooted plants stop growing.

Second - Limentic Zone -
Open sunlit water surface layer away from shore and extends to the depth penetrated by light

Third - Profundal Zone - The deep, open water where it is too dark for photosynthesis

Fourth - Benthic Zone -
Bottom of the lake where decomposers and detritus feeders reside.

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Salt water is defined by its SALINITY- the amounts of various salts (sodium chloride) dissolved in a given volume of water

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~Kelp
~Seaweed
~Seagrass
~Algae~ Red, Coralline, Coral (An animal organism that gets its color from algae)

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Oceans cover about 71% of Earth's surface. Saltwater is everywhere.

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Flowing
I.e. streams and rivers

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Standing
I.e. lakes, ponds, inland wetlands

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These life zones happen when the water has a dissolved salt concentration of less than 1%

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The coastal zone contains 90%  of all marine species (although it only takes up 10% of the world's ocean area.)
~Weakly- swimming, free-floating plankton (phyto-plankton, zoo-plankton, and ultra-plankton)
~Nekton~ strong-swimming consumers, such as fish, turtles, and whales
~Benthos~ dwells on the bottom. Barnacles and oysters, worms, lobsters, and crabs
~Decomposers~ mostly bacteria that breaks down the organic compounds of dead matter
CORAL REEFS

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Compare and contrast the open sea to freshwater lakes. (Location, characteristics, plants, and animals).

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aquatic life zones that include oceans and their bays, estuaries, coastal wetlands, shorelines, coral reefs, and mangrove forests.