1. Chapter 6: Biomes and Aquatic Ecosystems
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2. Chapter 6 Notes Goal Explain what biomes and aquatic ecosystems are
Explain how biomes are characterized.
Describe how net primary productivity varies among biomes.
Give an introduction to your Biome Project
Give an example of your Biome Project

3. What are the differences
What are the differences? Climate, Biology, Limiting Factors, Adaptations?

4. Things Change?
Fossil evidence suggests that the frozen continent of Antarctica was once covered in temperate forest.

5. Earth’s Biomes
Groups of terrestrial ecosystems that share biotic and abiotic conditions
10 primary biomes:
tropical rain forest
dry forest savanna
desert
temperate rain forest
temperate forest
temperate grassland
chaparral
boreal forest
tundra

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14. Climate: Average conditions, including temperature and precipitation, over long periods of time in a given area
Weather: Day-to-day conditions in Earth’s atmosphere
Climatographs: Diagrams that summarize an area’s average monthly temperature and precipitation
Each biome has a set of characteristic organisms adapted to its particular climate conditions.

15. Across the U.S.

16. Productivity
Net primary production: The amount of organic matter (biomass) that remains after primary producers use some to carry out cellular respiration
Ecosystems vary in their net primary productivity, the rate at which primary producers convert energy to biomass.
Warm, wet biomes generally have higher net primary productivity than cold, dry biomes.

18. Earth’s productivity: On land forests are highly productive in dark green, deserts least in brown. At sea, red indicates high productivity and deep oceans dark blue.

20. Aquatic Ecosystems (Wet Biomes)
75% of Earth’s surface is covered by water.

21. Salinity: the amount of dissolved salt present in water
Salinity: the amount of dissolved salt present in water. Ecosystems are classified as salt water, fresh water, or brackish depending on salinity.
Photosynthesis tends to be limited by light availability, which is a function of depth and water clarity.
Aquatic ecosystems are either flowing or standing.
Aquatic ecosystem zones: photic, aphotic, benthic

22. Aquatic Ecosystem Limiting Factors
Limiting factors may include:
Salinity Ph
Sunlight
Dissolved oxygen
Temperature

23. Freshwater Ecosystems: Ponds, Lakes, Inland Seas
Salinity is less than 0.5 ppt (parts per thousand)

24. Freshwater Ecosystems: Wetlands
Areas of land flooded with water at least part of the year
Include freshwater marshes, swamps, bogs, and fens

25. Freshwater Ecosystems: Rivers and Streams
Bodies of surface water that flow downhill, eventually reaching an ocean or inland sea
Delaware Water Gap

26. Estuaries Occur where a river flows into the ocean or an inland sea
Coastal estuaries are brackish ecosystems; organisms must tolerate wide salinity and temperature ranges.
Coastal estuaries are home to salt marshes and mangrove forests.

28. Oceans
Intertidal Areas
Neritic Zones
Open Ocean

30. Chapter 6 Review Explain what biomes and aquatic ecosystems are
Explain how biomes are characterized.
Describe how net primary productivity varies among biomes.
Give an introduction to your Biome Project
Give an example of your Biome Project

31. Biome Project Online

32. Biome Project PowerPoint Example
Temperate Rain Forest
JUST AN EXAMPLE – 2-5 minutes
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33. Environmental Science Class
Temperate Rain Forest
For Mr. Manskopf
Environmental Science Class
By Mr. Manskopf
November 2011

34. Temperate Rainforest…Where on Earth?
Small Biomes in Area
Small Pockets Around World

35. Temperate Rain Forests Locations
Mid-Latitudes
Usually near coastline
Largest found in Pacific Northwest of U.S. and British Columbia in Canada

36. Climate of the Temperate Rain Forest
WET, Year Round Rain
Moderate Temperatures

37. Why is it wet year round?

38. Species Found In Temperate Rain Forest
TREES:
Cedars, Spruce, Hemlock, Douglas Fir
Grow Tall/Fast
Evergreens
Coniferous Trees (seed-bearing cones)
Compete for sunlight
Commercially important

39. Species Found In Temperate Rain Forest
Damp conditions perfect for moss
Slugs
Numerous amphibian creatures
Squirrels
Deer
Elk

40. Species Found In Temperate Rain Forest
Limiting Factors
Sunlight
Too much precipitation (Precipitation in Olympic's rain forest ranges from 140 to 167 inches (12 to 14 feet) every year.)

41. Threats
Timber/Logging

42. Example Hoh Rain Forest

43. Temperate Rain Forest Cites