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Average air temperature: 75ºF-90ºF
Warm season: November-March
Cool season: June-August
Rainy season: December-April (avg. 12.9in)
Water temperature: 70ºF-86ºF

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Coral

Coral serves as a food source and shelter for many creatures. When the coral dies, or becomes bleached, these creatures need to find new food sources and shelters. When the reef-seeking creatures move away, other predators will follow suit because of a diminished food source, making the area with dead coral significantly less diverse. Additionally, once the reef dies, it will be a huge loss of income for Australia, as the reef is its largest tourist attraction.

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-World's larges reef system (over 3,000 different reefs)
-Can find 10% of the world's fish species within the reef
-Visible from space
-The reef hosts over 2 million visitors per year

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Issue:
Climate Change - too much C02 & other green house gases in the atmosphere
Current Effects:
-Coral bleaching
-Ocean acidification
-Extreme weather events

Impact:
Dredging - increased shipping requires deeper channels to be created so that ships can pass through certain areas. Dredging often includes digging up sediment and depositing it in other regions.
Current Effects:
-Turbidity issues (sediments are dumped and pushed around by ocean currents)

Impact:
Over-fishing
Current Effects:
-Accidental fishing of protected species
-Predators are over-hunted, resulting in a trophic cascade

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-The average temperature remains pretty consistent throughout the year. The average high is about 80ºF and the average low is about 57ºF.
-The dry season is from June-September
-Two wet seasons (March-May, avg. rainfall is 3.6in-5.6in & November-December, avg. rainfall is 3.7in-4.3in)

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Wildebeest

In the 1960s, the Serengeti Plain experienced an increase in the wildebeest population, resulting in the ecosystem becoming healthier.

Wildebeest graze on grass, so with their increased population, they are able to control the amount of grass that grows in the area. With the grass being eaten by the wildebeest, there were less brush fires, which allowed trees to grow (wildebeest don't eat trees). With the increase of trees, animals like zebras, elephants, and birds came back to the area, which increased the number of predators, like lions.

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-One of the largest, most protected ecosystems in the world
-Over 40,000 square kilometers
-includes the Serengeti National Park and Maasai Mara National Reserve
-Each year, 1 million wildebeest, half a million gazelle & 200,000 zebra migrate from the Serengeti park in Tanzania to the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya

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Issue:
Increased human activity on borders of protected areas.
Current Effects:
-Restricts the movement of animals/herds, affecting their migration routes and forcing them to eat grass/plants that have less nutrition in them
-Less wildfires, which affects the type of vegetation in the area, changing the diets of many animals
Future:
-Ecosystem could become less resilient
-Governments are currently looking into how to make the buffer zone between the protected areas and human activity better

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Abiotic factors: salinity of water, turbidity
Biotic factors: fish, algae

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Abiotic factors: salinity of water, current/tides, ocean depth
Biotic factors: fish, coral, seaweed

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Abiotic factors: terrain, altitude, weather (differs on where you are on the range)
Biotic factors: animals (Giant Panda, Red Panda, etc), plants (bamboo, firs, etc.), lichen

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Tundra - Northern Russia (also in Northern Canada)

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Tundra - Northern Russia (also in Northern Canada)

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Abiotic factors: permafrost, temperature, wind
Biotic factors: mammals (reindeer, caribou, etc), plants (mosses, lichens, etc.), birds

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Abiotic factors: sunlight, water, temperature
Biotic factors: animals, plants (mostly conifers)

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Temperate Deciduous Forests - Eastern US

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Temperate Deciduous Forests - Eastern US

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Abiotic factors: rocks, sunlight, wind
Biotic factors: animals (insects, birds, mammals, etc), plants (mostly deciduous), lichen

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Coniferous Forests - Eastern United States

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Coniferous Forests - Eastern United States

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Abiotic factors: sunlight, water, soil
Biotic factors: animals (squirrels, woodpeckers, etc), trees (mostly conifers), fungi

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Abiotic factors: terrain, temperature, drought
Biotic factors: animals (deer, puma, etc), plants

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Chaparral areas are located across California 

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Chaparral areas are located across California 

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Abiotic factors: terrain, altitude, wildfires
Biotic factors: plants (lots of shrubs), mammals (rabbits, coyotes, etc.), birds

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Abiotic factors: sand, temperature, amount of water, moisture
Biotic factors: plants, animals (birds, reptiles, etc.), insects

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Abiotic factors: wind, temperature, drought
Biotic factors: plants (lots of grass), mammals (gazelle, zebra, etc.), birds

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Amazon Rainforest, Codajás - State of Amazonas, Brazil

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Amazon Rainforest, Codajás - State of Amazonas, Brazil

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Amazon Rainforest, Codajás - State of Amazonas, Brazil

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Abiotic factors: humidity,  rainfall/water, sunlight
Biotic factors: Trees/plants, animals (birds, insects, etc), fungi