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The document provides an overview of aquatic biomes, including their definitions, types (freshwater and marine), and ecological groups such as plankton, nekton, and benthos. It describes the characteristics and zones of freshwater ecosystems (lotic and lentic systems) and marine ecosystems, including coral reefs and estuaries. Additionally, it highlights the importance of aquatic resources and biodiversity within these ecosystems.

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Lesson+3.2 +Aquatic+Biome

The document provides an overview of aquatic biomes, including their definitions, types (freshwater and marine), and ecological groups such as plankton, nekton, and benthos. It describes the characteristics and zones of freshwater ecosystems (lotic and lentic systems) and marine ecosystems, including coral reefs and estuaries. Additionally, it highlights the importance of aquatic resources and biodiversity within these ecosystems.

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Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students


should be able to:
• define aquatic biome;
• differentiate the two types of aquatic
biome;
• describe the zones in fresh and marine
water; and
• explain the importance of aquatic
resources.
Aquatic Biome
• It makes up the largest part
of the biosphere
• There are two main types of
Aquatic Biomes:
1.Freshwater
2. Marine
• High biodiversity
• The amount of dissolved oxygen present
• The depth of water
• The availability and quality of light
• Water temperature and circulating System
Three Main Ecological Groups
1. Plankton
– organisms
incapable of swimming
from current system to
another current
system (floating)

Two Major Categories


1. Phytoplankton- plant
plankton
2. Zooplankton- animal
plankton
Three Main Ecological Groups
2. Nekton
- stronger swimming
speciesthat are capable of
swimming between
current system

Examples: fishes, squids and


whales
Three Main Ecological groups
3. Benthos
- attached organisms
or resting on bottom
mostly filter feeders

Examples: seaweeds,
barnacles and
lobsters
FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM

• It makes up only 3% of the worlds water and


approximately 0.08% of earth’s surface
• Have a salt concentration of less than 1%,

• Covers Ponds ,lakes streams and rivers


Two distinct categories of Freshwater
Ecosystem
1. Lotic System
- Running water
- It includes streams
and rivers
2. Lentic System
- Calm water
- includes Lakes
and ponds
Streams and Rivers (LOTIC SYSTEM)
• These are bodies of
flowing water
moving in one
direction
• has higher oxygen
levels

Pulangi River
©Shubert Ciencia
Rio Grande de Mindanao flowing into the Liguasan
Marsh as seen from Pikit
©Raffy Tima
3 DIFFERENT ZONES IN LOTIC SYSTEM

Headwater Zone
• The zone of origin or the source zone
is called the headwaters zone.
• It is the narrow area of a freshwater
lake where water moves quickly.
3 DIFFERENT ZONES IN LOTIC SYSTEM
Transition Zone
• The changeover area or the middle of a
stream or river.
• It is where the water gets deeper and
flows more slowly.
• The transition zone is a little warmer
and has less oxygen than the source
zone.
3 DIFFERENT ZONES IN LOTIC SYSTEM

Floodplain Zone
• It is the mouth of the rivers
• This part of a riparian ecosystem has a very
low dissolved oxygen level, is warm and
moves slowly.
• In this area, the water is cloudy because it
has picked up sediments from its source.
PONDS AND LAKES

• These regions range in


size from just a few
square meters to
thousands of square
kilometers.
• Ponds and lakes may
have limited species
diversity since they are
often isolated from one
another
3 DIFFERENT ZONES IN LENTIC SYSTEM

1. Littoral zone
- shoreline, shallow
water region with light
penetrating up to
bottom with rooted
plants
2. Limnetic
- open water zone to
depth of effective light
penetration
3. Profundal
- bottom and deep
water area beyond
effective light
penetration ( absent in
ponds)
Classification of Lake

1. Eutrophic lakes
- well nourished lake
- shallow
- very poor visibility
2. Oligotrophic Lakes
- a poorly nourished
lake
- Often deep w/ deep
banks
3. Mesotrophic Lake
- lake with moderate
supply
-these are lakes that fall
between two extreme
of nutrient enrichment
WETLANDS

• Wetlands are areas of standing water that


support aquatic plants
Many species of amphibians, reptiles, birds
• (such as ducks and waders), and furbearers can
be found in the wetlands
MARINE ECOSYSTEM

• The largest of all the ecosystems

• Oceans are very large bodies of water that


dominate the Earth's surface.
• Ocean contains the richest diversity of species
even though it contains fewer species than
there are on land.
4 ZONES
1. Intertidal zone
- is where the ocean
meets the land —
sometimes it is
submerged and at
other times
exposed, as waves
and tides come in
and out
2. Pelagic zone
-includes those
waters further from
the land, basically
the open ocean
3. Benthic zone
- is the area
below the pelagic
zone, but does
not include the
very deepest
parts of the ocean
4.Abyssal zone
-deep ocean
-The water in this
region is very cold
(around 3° C),
highly pressured,
high in oxygen
content, but low in
nutritional
content
CORAL REEFS
• Sometimes called
“Tropical Rainforest of
the Ocean”
• They can be found as
barriers along
continents
• Highly diverse in
species
3 TYPES OF CORAL REEFS
1. FRINGING REEFS
-coral reefs that are
close to the shore,
separated by low
waters
2. BARRIER REEFS
-Reefs that are at least
10 kilometers away
from land are called
barrier reefs.
3. ATOLL REEFS
-A circular coral island
that is far away from
land is called an atoll
- Atolls form when
coral develops on a
volcanic island that has
sunk below the water
ESTUARIES
• Are areas where
freshwater streams or
rivers merge with the
Ocean
• Microflora like algae,
and macroflora, such as
seaweeds, marsh
grasses, and mangrove
trees (only in the
tropics), can be found
here.
• Estuaries support a
diverse fauna, including
a variety of worms,
oysters, crabs, and
waterfowl.
THANK YOU

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