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Aquatic Biomes

range in size they are scattered all over the world usually they are isolated from big bodies of water which means that they don't Water is the common lake among the five biomes, it makes up the largest part of our biosphere, it covers about 75% percent of the earth's surface. In water you can find plants and animals its where life started billions of years ago without the water earth would be like a desert and there wouldn't be away for life to survive. The aquatic biome can be broken down into two regions fresh water like lakes, rivers and ponds. The other region is known as marine like oceans.

Fresh water regions ponds and lakes Lakes and ponds have as many species like for example oceans do. Lakes-ponds are devided into five groups or zone they are as follows: littoral zone-which is closest to the shore and the warmest because its so shallow limnetic zone-which surrounds the littoral zone this zone is surrounded by plankton which plays a major role in our food chain profundal zone-which is the deepest coldest part of the lake-pond with little light penatrating through it, this zone is also denser then the resy of the lake. thermocline zone-this zone is between the water and ice its temprature changes rapidly

Marine regions. The marine ranges supply most of our oxygen while the regions take in most of our atmospheres carbon dioxide. Oceans Oceans are large bodies of water found on the earth's surface. Like ponds, and lakes oceans are seperated into four diferent zones Intertidal zone This zone is where the ocean meets the land. This zone is where all the tidal waves come through. The species that live in the intertidal zone are small fish, sea stars, and crabs. The mud and sand make it hard for plants and allgea to establish themselves. You xan find alot of worms, clams, and more crabs in the muddy parts. Pelagic zone Includes the waters farther out from shore. The temprature in the Pelagic zone is very cold but they can't actually tell the specific temprature because the warm and cold ocean currents. The Pelazic zone has seaweed on its surface along with some other animals which include dolphins and wales. These animals feed on the plankton. Benthic zone This zone is under the pelagic zone. The bottom of the zone consists of sand, slit, and dead orginisms. This region even though very cold with little light is nutrient rich which is why bacteria, fungi, sea anemones, sea stars and small fish. abyssal zone is the deep water in the ocean. The water in this region is highly pressured, high oxygen level, very cold, and it has a low neutrition content.chemosynthetic Bacteria lives in this zone near vents on the ocean floor because they need to edmit hydrogen sulfide. These bacteria are very important because they are the start of the food chain.

Coral reefs Coral reefs are found in the more shallow waters. The orginisms in the coral reefs are called corals. Corals are made from allgae and animal polyp. The Coral waters are very poor in neutrients so they get there neutrients from algae or by extendeing there tenticles to get plankton. Aquatic biomes photos Fresh water aquatic biome regions marine aquatic biomes marainne