organsimos Flashcards
problems plants face in dunes
- salinity = water loss
- wind exposure
- mobile substratum
- drought
- sand abrasion
- low resources
how do plants cope with low water availability
- salt glands (to release extra salt)
- high osmotic pressure (less difference form mean)
- cam metabolism
- estomas interior
- pelos = - SA
- folhas enroladas
-folhs suculentas = - stress hidrico
-cera = impermeabiliza
how do plants cope with erosion
o tecido rígido (células mortas)
how do plants cope with lack of nutrients
o crescimento lento- limitar o uso de recursos
how do plants cope with too much sunlight
white hairs helps with light reflection
zonation
distribution of organisms through the beach
what is zonation based on
abiotic
biotic factors
tolerance of organisms (even in 1 place, there can be big changes in ph, temp, salinity…)
what do most organisms do when stressed
burry
where on earth there are + organisms
equador
who dominates temperate and calm locations
bivalves
what do buriers do
inject water out as they push down
water dependent – need of humidity and death of drought
low tide – can dry and asphyxiate,
when waves crash = + pressure (waves bomb water into sand) (oxygen is not a limitant factor)
move with the shoreline because fish and brids (predators) don’t predate commonly there
to escape predators
can come out at night
is oxygen a limiting factor to buriers
notif there is lot of waves
common predators
birds, fish and other invertebrates (crabs, insects) mammals and reptiles
the intertidal consumers diversity, when there is + wave height
= + biodiversity
consumers:
macro – intertidal superior e inferior
superior – anfípodes e crabs
inferior – poliquetas anfípodes e bivalves