{"id":3350,"date":"2020-11-02T15:23:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T15:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=3350"},"modified":"2021-08-28T14:49:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T14:49:17","slug":"what-is-an-aquatic-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-an-aquatic-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an Aquatic Ecosystem?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3350\" class=\"elementor elementor-3350\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0a2e55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0a2e55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3374 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-an-aquatic-ecosystem\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is an Aquatic Ecosystem?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3373 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-plankton\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is plankton?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3372 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-nekton\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is nekton?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3371 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-benthos\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Benthos?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3370 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-lotic-system\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a Lotic System?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3369 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-lentic-system\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a Lentic System?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8cbff3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c8cbff3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5dc851\" data-id=\"d5dc851\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59c3028 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59c3028\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction to Aquatic Ecosystems<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e10aaed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e10aaed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>About 70% of the surface of the planet earth is covered by water. The larger part of the earth\u2019s water is the ocean (seawater). Only 3% of the water on the surface is fresh; the remaining 97% resides in the ocean. Of freshwater, 69% is in glaciers, 30% underground, and less than 1% is in the lakes, rivers, and swamps. That means water on earth, as a habitat for many tiny organisms, medium and large water animals is very significant, and together, becomes the Aquatic Biome.<br \/>Water on earth is not all the same. They vary a lot in terms of chemical composition, nature of its flow or stillness, temperature, and so on. It means that plant and animal life in these waters will be different too.<\/p><h3>What is an Aquatic Ecosystem?<\/h3><p>Aquatic ecosystems are an umbrella term for all ecosystems that exist in water. Aquatic Ecosystems, in simple terms, is an ecosystem type that depends on water (both marine and freshwater) most or part of the time. A scientist who studies inland water ecosystems (limnology) is called a limnologist.<\/p><p>The opposite will be terrestrial ecosystems, which are all ecosystems that exist on land.<\/p><p>Water-based ecosystems can be put into two main groups, namely Freshwater Ecosystems and Marine Ecosystems.<\/p><p>Marine Ecosystems describe the biotic and abiotic interactions that occur in the oceans. Marine waters are very different from freshwaters because of the high salt content of seawater.<\/p><p>Freshwater ecosystems include two major categories, Lentic and Lotic Systems. Lentic systems describe all standing water ecosystems. Lotic systems describe all flowing water ecosystems. In both Lentic and Lotic ecosystems, abiotic factors such as light, temperature, pH, alkalinity, pressure, depth, etc. of the water are key and determine what kind of living and non-living interactions can exist there.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3416\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/plankton-food-web2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/plankton-food-web2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/plankton-food-web2-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>In all the above water types, living activities occur in different zones: such as the surface of the waters, middle parts, and at the bottom of the water. The scientific names for life forms in the water are Plankton, Nekton, and Benthos. Then, there are also interactions on the surface of and along these waters.<br \/>As you can tell already, there are complex food webs that exist in aquatic ecosystems. Now, shall we take a closer look at these three terms: Plankton, Nekton, and Benthos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-10ccbf5\" data-id=\"10ccbf5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14db05c elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"14db05c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-75975ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75975ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-634bae0\" data-id=\"634bae0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-69b263e\" data-id=\"69b263e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd553c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bd553c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-plankton\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">NEXT PAGE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aquatic Ecosystems What is an Aquatic Ecosystem? What is plankton? What is nekton? What is Benthos? What is a Lotic System? What is a Lentic System? Introduction to Aquatic Ecosystems About 70% of the surface of the planet earth is covered by water. The larger part of the earth\u2019s water is the ocean (seawater). 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