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1 Aquatic Biome Use the provided pieces to complete this book. Glue the appropriate pieces for each biome into the book. Use the internet to help you. Book Saltwater Marsh

2 Freshwater Marsh Bog

3 Lakes and Ponds Streams and Rivers

4 Swamps Mangrove Swamp

5 Open Ocean Label the Zones of the Open Ocean Below

6 Coral Reef Intertidal Zone

7 Label the Zones of a Lake

8 Development Tourism trampling, collecting of organisms pollution Excess nutrients Pollution irrigation Pollution Overfishing Oil spills Runoff from land Alterations to water flow Barriers to fish movement Pollution Excess nutrients Introduced species Drain, fill development Clearing, overharvesting trees Irrigation changes in salinity Pollution Climate change Sunscreen Pollution Climate change (warming waters) Lower ph due to increased dissolved CO₂ Pollution Excess nutrients irrigation Peat harvesting for fuel development Development of roads Pollution Excess nutrients Filling and draining Filling, draining, vegetation removal Development Sediment and nutrient influx

9 Gulf of Mexico Coast Tropical Coastlines Nile Africa Yangtze China Mississippi - US Siberian Lowlands Bogs in Ireland, Scotland, NW Europe Marine Park Salt Marsh Brooklyn NY Bloody Marsh Georgia Low-lying coastal areas Great Lakes, North America Lake Baikal, Russia anywhere ocean water touches land Atlantic Pacific Indian Arctic Southern Great Dismal Swamp Virginia, North Carolina Okefenokee Florida, Georgia Everglades National Park, Florida Great Barrier Reef Australia Florida Keys Reef Caribbean Basin Reef Red Sea Coral Reef

10 Sphagnaum moss Heather Reeds Sedges Carnivorous plants pitcher plants, sundews Cranberry, blueberry, huckelberry Base of food web is input of organic matter from terrestrial biomes Emergent plants in littoral zone Zooxanthellae Algae seaweed Grasses cord grass, bulrush Salt bushes Herbaceous plants adapted to brackish waters Trees cypress, cedar, dogwood Submerged floating plants Algae Seaweed kelp Cattails Reed grass Marsh mallows Bulrush sedges Halophytic trees algae Phytoplankton that float in limnetic zone algae Emergent plants in littoral zone - cattails phytoplankton algae seaweed kelp

11 Shrimp Shellfish Insects Blue crab birds snowy egret fish shellfish zooplankton mollusks crustaceans migratory birds Fish Clams Frogs Lizards Turtles Leech Mussels insects mink raccoons beavers frogs turtles birds Crocodile, Alligator Snakes Beaver Fish Insects Crayfish Dragonfly Egret, flamingo, crane, heron coral clownfish groupers anemones seastars sharks crabs shrimp fish zooplankton dolphins whales sharks Macrointertebrates insect larvae fish Hairy canary fly Frog Salamander Newt Raccoon Beaver River otter mouse seastars crabs, prawn anemone barnacle sponges sea gull adapted to be tolerant of wet & dry conditions and direct sunlight

12 warm, shallow waters poor nutrients & food in waters fresh water standing water temperature depends on local climate, depth brackish water saline tidal waters lack inputs of freshwater protect coastlines from erosion & storm damage high nutrients from trapped organic matter soft spongy ground made of peat very water absorbent cool, northern climate poor draining lake basins water poor in DO and nutrients very acidic soils Sunlight reaches to depths of about 200m Saline waters Density and temperature differences Control water circulation and stratification water rich in minerals water depth 1-6 deep water influx from rivers and streams fresh water may originate from underground springs, runoff, melting snow higher DO in faster moving water Regularly flooded by high tides High salt concentration Thick peat Low oxygen Sulfurous smell changing levels of water crashing waves Freshwater Saturated for at least part of the year

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