Climate & Biodiversity

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• Biomes consist of a mosaic of patches of communities

1. Precipitaion
2. Temperature
3. TTc(e)
   1. Tropical
   2. Temperate
   3. cold(evergreen)

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• Climate-the weather  conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. Weather-Short-term properties of the  troposphere at a particular place and time Bathy - depth Oligo - few Abyss - deepest Dormant - low activity

1. Coastal Wetland(earth’s most productive zones)
2. Mangrove(earth’s most productive zones)

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   • tropical zones
3. Eutuanes

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   • area where sea water mix with fresh water
4. Open Sea

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   • Euphotic zone, Bathyal zone, Abyssal zone

1. Eutrophic-algae bloomimg

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   • rich nutrients from sediment and decomposed plants
2. Oligotrophic

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   • newly formed lake, small supply of plant nutrients
3. Mesotrophic

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   • nutrient enrichment is in between

1. Fresh water (SF)

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   • • Standing water –Lakes –Ponds –Wetlands • Flowing water –Streams –Rivers
   1. water shed

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      • • Surface water becomes runoff into streams • Watersheds or drainage basins deliver runoff,  sediment, and dissolved substances to streams • Streams join to form rivers • Streams begin in mountains or at higher elevation
      1. STF
         1. Transition
         2. Sources
         3. Floodplain
      2. LLPB
         1. Littoral

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            • close shore
         2. Limnetic

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            • deeper openwater
         3. Profundal
         4. Benthic
2. Marine
   1. PNBD
      1. Plankton

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         • Phytoplankton and Zooplankton
      2. Nekton

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         • strong swimming consumers like fish,  whales
      3. Benthos

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         • bottom dwellers e.g., oyster, crabs,  lobsters
      4. Decomposers

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         • bacteria
   2. factors to determine

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      • – Temperature – Access to sunlight – Dissolved oxygen – Food availability – Nutrient availability

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• land breeze - night time sea breeze - day time

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• leeward (low moisture) windward(high moisture)