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FRESHWATER BIOME
defined as having a low salt concentration usually less than 1%. Plants and animals in freshwater regions are adjusted to the low salt content and would not be able to survive in areas of high salt concentration
temperature
average temperatures range from 65 F
prominent ones.
Examples of ponds
Pond of Zabierzw, Poland
During spring and fall the lake temperature is more uniform. Fish and other animals are found throughout the layers of the lake.
A pink lake is a lake that has a reddish or pink colour due to the presence of algae that produces carotenoids (organic pigments), such as Dunaliella salina a type of halophile green micro-algae especially found in sea salt fields.
littoral zone.
- warmest - (like diatoms), rooted and floating aquatic plants, grazing snails, clams, insects, crustaceans, fishes, and amphibians. - the egg and larvae stages are found in this zone. Limnetic Zone - near-surface open water - dominated by plankton, both phytoplankton and zooplankton. - A variety of freshwater fish also occupy this zone. Euphotic/Profundal Zone - much colder and denser than the other two - Little light penetrates this zone - The fauna are heterotrophs, meaning that they eat dead organisms and use oxygen for cellular respiration.
Toward the mouth of the river/stream, the water becomes murky from all the sediments that it has picked up upstream, decreasing the amount of light that can penetrate through the water. Since there is less light, there is less diversity of flora, and because of the lower oxygen levels, fish that require less oxygen, such as catfish and carp, can be found.
WETLANDS
A lowland area, such as a marsh or swamp, that is saturated with moisture, especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife. Some wetlands are actually certain times of the year! dry at
WETLANDS
Wetlands have many important functions that benefit people and wildlife. - Provide habitat for a wide variety and number of wildlife and plants. - Filter, clean and store water - in other words, acting like kidneys for other ecosystems! - Collect and hold flood waters. - Absorb wind and tidal forces. - Provide places of beauty and many recreational activities
WETLANDS
Wetlands also act like sponges by holding flood waters and keeping rivers at normal levels. Wetlands filter and purify water as it flows through the wetland system. Plants found in wetlands help control water erosion
Wetlands in Tobago
PLANTS
numerous aquatic plants are classified according to how their leaves grow: submersed, emersed, or floating.
SUBMERSED PLANTS
Submersed leaves are thin, narrow, highly segmented and flexible. Submersed freshwater plants get relatively little sunlight
PONDWEED
QUILLWORT
EMERSED PLANTS
emersed freshwater plants are very similar to those of plants that grow on land and are capable of absorbing an abundance of sunlight.
CATTAILS
SKUNK CABBAGE
FLOATING PLANTS
The leaves of floating plants lie flat on the water's surface to take full advantage of the sunlight.
WATER LILIES
FLOATING HEART
ANIMALS
Animals and plants found in freshwater biomes, like rivers, have adapted to life there. Most of them would not be able to survive in aquatic biomes with high salt content, like oceans and seas.
RAINBOW TROUT
CATFISH
mudpuppies
salamander
References:
: http://www.defenders.org/wetlands/basicfacts#sthash.15UmATrZ.dpuf http://bioexpedition.com/freshwater-biome/ http://www.ehow.com/facts_7582314_freshw ater-ecosystems.html http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biom es/freshwater.php