{"id":3356,"date":"2020-11-02T15:29:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T15:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=3356"},"modified":"2020-11-02T16:47:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:47:18","slug":"what-is-a-lentic-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-lentic-system\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Lentic System?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3356\" class=\"elementor elementor-3356\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-935ed2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"935ed2e\" 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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elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"8ebe354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Aquatic Ecosystems<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c27f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"21c27f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-aquatic-ecosystems-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type 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-206fa51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"206fa51\" 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-a2086d4\" data-id=\"a2086d4\" 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-042fdb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"042fdb0\" 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\">What is a Lentic System?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a0e6d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a0e6d9\" 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><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It includes all non-flowing (still waters) such as ponds, swamps, bogs, lagoons, lakes, and so on. It also includes wetlands (areas of land that get covered with water periodically). Lentic systems usually\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">do not<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0have a source, as they form in places where the groundwater reaches the earth&#8217;s surface. Sometimes, water will stay on the earth&#8217;s surface due to the saturation of the underlying land. Some lakes and ponds are created by humans for commercial and recreational use.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Animals and plants in a lentic system behave and adapt differently because there are various zones of every lentic system with different abiotic conditions.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The diagram below illustrates the zones of a lentic system.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3403\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3403\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lentic-ecosystems.jpg\" alt=\"Zones of a lentic system\" width=\"600\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lentic-ecosystems.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lentic-ecosystems-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zones of a lentic system<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Littoral Zone:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This zone forms the banks or boundary of the water. There is usually warmer and shallow water, with lots of plants such as reeds and cattails. Many of the plants are rooted in the muddy floor and their leaves form a good hideout for insects and fish. There is a lot of fish, frogs, reptiles, and insects in this zone.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Limnetic Zone:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is the zone after the Littoral zone, extending a few meters into the water body. Fish swim freely here, with some plants floating on the water. There is enough sunlight here, and algae and plankton usually thrive here.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Profundal Zone:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This zone extends beyond the Limnetic zone and is a deeper region of the water. Here, there is usually very little or no sunlight. It is cooler. Living things in this region depend on drifting organic matter for food.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Benthic Zone:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This is the deepest region of the water body and farthest from the banks. There is no sunlight in this region, and therefore very little or no photosynthesis occurs here. Organisms that live here include worms, bacteria, decomposers, and other scavengers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-790849b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"790849b\" 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\">Our research for this topic included these sources:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5ddafe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5ddafe\" 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>1. An Ecological Profile of the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve<br \/>Chapter 10: Nekton, Kenneth B. Raposa<br \/>2. Living Organisms in Water, http:\/\/www.ku.edu.np\/aec\/sharmaPDF\/M.Sc\/AQ\/12.pdf Accesses in December 2018<br \/>3. Freshwater zooplankton, https:\/\/www.doc.govt.nz\/nature\/native-animals\/invertebrates\/zooplankton\/ accessed in December 2018<br \/>4. Phytoplankton Blooms: The Basics. Written by: Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Published: May 2009, https:\/\/nmsfloridakeys.blob.core.windows.net\/floridakeys-prod\/media\/archive\/scisummaries\/wqpb.pdf Accessed in December 2018<br \/>5. UNEP, 2015, Blue Economy: Sharing Success Stories to<br \/>Inspire Change. www.unep.org\/greeneconomy. ISBN: 978-92-807-3502-4<br \/>6. 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