Aquatic Biomes Flashcards

By salinity, depth, and water flow.

Flowing fresh water that may originate from underground springs or as runoff from rain or melting snow.

<p>Creeks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rivers are typically wider and carry large amounts of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Turbulent water in fast-moving streams and rivers where water and air mix together.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Excess nutrients and pollutants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Littoral, limnetic, profundal, and benthic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The shallow area of soil and water near the shore where algae and emergent plants such as cattails grow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A zone of open water in lakes and ponds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Microscopic, free-floating, autotrophic organisms that function as producers in aquatic ecosystems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A region of water where sunlight does not reach, below the limnetic zone in very deep lakes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The muddy bottom of a lake, pond, or ocean beneath the limnetic and profundal zones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By their level of productivity: oligotrophic, mesotrophic, and eutrophic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lakes that have low productivity due to low amounts of nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lakes with a moderate level of productivity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lakes with a high level of productivity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human activities are causing increased nutrient inputs, leading to less clear water due to increased growth of phytoplankton.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An aquatic biome that is submerged or saturated by water for at least part of each year, supporting emergent vegetation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wetlands that contain emergent trees.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wetlands that contain primarily non-woody vegetation, including cattails and sedges.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Very acidic wetlands that typically contain sphagnum moss and spruce trees.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Slowing runoff, reducing flooding, recharging aquifers, breeding habitat for birds, and filtering pollutants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Salt marshes, mangrove swamps, intertidal zones, coral reefs, and the open ocean.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A marsh containing non-woody emergent vegetation, found along the coast in temperate climates.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An area along the coast where the fresh water of rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>More than half have been drained for agriculture or development.</p> Signup and view all the answers