PPT-Freshwater Ecosystem

Unit One What is a freshwater ecosystem Only 3 of the worlds water is fresh Freshwater is either frozen in glaciers and pack ice or is buried in aquifers The remainder of the water is found in lakes ponds streams and rivers. NADYA T. VINOGRADOVA. 1. RUI M. PONTE. 1. MARTHA W. BUCKLEY. 2. 1. Atmospheric . and Environmental Research (AER. ), USA. 2. George Mason University (GMU), USA . Aquarius/SAC-D Science Team Meeting, Seattle, WA. ORGANI DETRITU I LOTI ECOSYSTEM 2Gee J H (1982) Resourc utilisatio b Gammarus pulex (Amphipoda ia Cotswol stream a microdistributiona study Journal o Animal Ecology, 51 817-832Gessner M O & Chauvet E By: Abigail Tracy. Freshwater Biomes. By: Abigail Tracy. What is it ?. A freshwater biome is any body of water that is made of freshwater, such as ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers. Most freshwater biomes consist of moving water and contain many types of fish.. The . study of fresh bodies of water. Lentic. : standing water . (lakes and ponds). Lotic: flowing water . (streams and rivers). Limnology. How might they be different?. Lentic. . vs. Lotic. Glacial erosion and deposition . The . study of fresh bodies of water. Lentic. : standing water . (lakes and ponds). Lotic: flowing water . (streams and rivers). Limnology. How might they be different?. Lentic. . vs. Lotic. Glacial erosion and deposition . By Renee Swank. In this activity you will learn all about the types of ecosystem. You can read all of the material and watch a short video on ecosystems. After you have read the material and watched the video, you can take the short quiz to see how much you learned!!. Monitoring the Freshwater Pearl MusselConserving Natura 2000 Rivers Monitoring Series No.2MR Young,LC Hastie & SL CooksleyOcean Laboratory and Centre for Ecology,University of AberdeenFor more informa Endemism . and . Vulnerability . in California: the Freshwater Conservation Blueprint. Joseph Furnish (US Forest Service). Jeanette Howard, Kirk . Klausmeyer. (The Nature Conservancy). Kurt Fesenmyer (Trout Unlimited. Saltwater . Makes up 97% of the Earth’s supply of water.. Comes from the ocean.. Undrinkable.. Makes up 3% of the Earth’s supply of water.. Some of it is frozen while some is in the ground (groundwater) and the rest is in rivers and lakes.. Freshwater snails are crucial in assessing the ecological status of water bodies beside their economic public and veterinary health importance Hence ecological studies pertaining to their abundance di Question 1.. Which of the following is not a freshwater source? . Ditch. Ocean . Canal . Lake . Question 2. .. Roughly how much of the Earth’s surface is covered by freshwater?. Half . Two thirds . Let’s explore . our rivers and lakes. Placeholder for film. Water for wildlife. Dragonfly. Sandhill cranes. Kingfisher. Florida manatee. Otter. Pacific salmon. Water for people. Meet the Pacific salmon. A. FRESHWATER ON EARTH. 70% of Earth is covered in water.. 3% of Earth’s water is freshwater (97% saltwater). FRESHWATER CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% SALT. 68.7% of FRESHWATER is frozen in glaciers and icecaps. BY. . A.Swedha. Assistant Professor. Department of Microbiology. Jamal Mohamed College(Autonomous). . Trichy. Ecosystem. What Is An Ecosystem? . An ecosystem forms the basic building block of an environment. .