Chapter 7 Flashcards
Wetlands
Area covered with water part of the year
Plankton
Free floating things in water
Nekton
Swimming things
Benthos
Creatures living on bottom
Littoral zone
Bottom of anything; lakes, oceans, and etc.
Benthic zone
Bottom of ocean
Eutrophication
High in nutrients
Ogliotrophic
Low in nutrients
Estuary
Where freshwater and saltwater meet
Extremely fertile
Salt marsh
Nutrient Marsh mud with lots of grasses
Mangrove swamp
Specially adapted trees for estuaries
Barrier island
A sand island that protects the main land
Coral reef
Skeleton of coral, rich in life
Lentic
Still water
Lotic
Moving water
Stratified lake
Change in temp at different depths in the lake
What happens when a lake turns over?
When the hot summer water starts to cool it starts to sink because cold water is denser than warm water
Final result of pond succession
It turns to a swamp
What is a riparian zone and why is it important
It’s the interface between land and river or stream they act as buffers between upland areas and open water, they help filter pollutants such as nutrients and sediment
6 layers bottom to top
Hadal Aphotic benthic Abyssal littoral Photic Neretic palegic(oceanic) Intertidal
