As climate change continues to warm water bodies, what abiotic changes occur in ponds and lakes? How might these changes impact aquatic primary producers and in turn invertebrates and the larger aquatic food web?

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A: Various factors are responsible for dissolved oxygen decline in aquatic ecosystems :-

Q: aquatic habitat decomposers food web consumers producers structural trophic level 1.When energy…

A: Energy needs to be transferred in an ecosystem for the support of life at each trophic level.

Q: An oligotrophic ecosystem would be most likely to exist in a/ana. ocean b. high mountain lake c.…

A: Oligotrophs are the organisms that can live in a nutrient deficient environment. The growth rate,…

Q: Which of the following statements about estuaries is NOT true?     An estuary is a transition area…

A: The estuaries are formed in between the river and an ocean which are characterized by a constant…

Q: What is the dominant second trophic level, in a lake ecosystem?

A: The ecology is the study of all living beings and their interaction with the environment. It…

Q: Why are oceans least productive?

A: Production is the primary function of the ecosystem. An ecosystem maintains its component, biotic,…

Q: Which organisms in the diagram are autotrophs?

A: Food is the primary source of energy for all organisms. Without proper food and nutrition, an…

Q: What are some examples of the interactions between biotic and abiotic factors in a freshwater…

A: In ecology, biotic and abiotic elements comprise all living and non-living components of an…

Q: eat deal during the day? - Lakes - Coral Reefs - Wetlands - Estuaries - Oceanic Pelagic Zone -…

A: A Biome is a distinct ecological community of plants and animals living together in a particular…

Q: How phosphorus levels impact green algae and dissolve oxygen in a lake ecosystem? Which includes…

A: Phosphorous is required for the proper development of teeth as well as bones. In biological system…

Q: What makes oceans the least productive?

A: Oceans are the least productive among all the ecosystems because: There is insufficient radiation…

Q: As a rule of thumb, about one-tenth of the energy or biomass consumed is stored at each trophic…

A: According to lindman law of energy 10% energy is transfered at other trophic level

Q: . In the table below, list six abiotic factors that impact the distribution and abundance of…

A: Abiotic factor Impacts on terrestrial ecosystems Sunlight Sunlight is necessary for plants to…

Q: What are the four main factors that affect aquatic ecosystems? What does the depth of the water…

A: An aquatic ecosystem is a biological system in a water body. They are diverged from terrestrial…

Q: Which among the following biomes are suited for organisms capable of surviving with limited water…

A: The study of different adaptations within the organisms helps us in understanding different…

Q: How do wetland destruction and the creation of impervious surfaces through urban development affect…

A: Nature has provided essential elements and compounds that work in a cyclic manner. The gases like…

Q: What are the four main factors that affect aquatic ecosystems? What does the depth of the water…

A: Aquatic ecosystem : It is an ecosystem maintained in water bodies like pond, lake, sea, river,…

Q: What is a trophic slob? What is a trophic snob? Which of these is more typical of tropical food…

A: Food chain: it represent the linear flow of nutrients and energy between different subsequent…

Q: In the phosphorus cycle, all phosphorus originates from which of the following inaccessible…

A: Phosphorus is an important component of cell membrane, nucleic acids and ATP which is the major…

Q: Which type of organisms occupy more than one trophic level in a pond ecosystem?

A: An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of…

Q: The partial food web shown below is found in an aquatic environment. This type of environment has…

A: For life, all living organisms (plants and animals) must consume some kind of food. Photosynthesis…

Q: A black bear normally eats many different types of food. When the black bear eats berries, what…

A: The trophic level in a food chain is the level at which an organism may be found. As each level is…

Q: how do density-dependent and density- independent limiting factors relate to biotic sand abiotic…

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Q: Nutrient cycling in aquatic vs terrestrial systems differ because: a) Aquatic systems store lower…

A: The correct response to this particular question will be, c) both

Q: What is the significance in an aquatic ecosystem ?

A: Aquatic ecosystems perform numerous valuable environmental functions. They recycle nutrients, purify…

Q: How can agriculture affect stream health?

A: Agricultural methods are getting advanced with time and different pesticides used by farmers in…

Q: Food chains are typically short in the tundrabecause primary production is lower than in mostother…

A: Food chain A food chain is a sequence of populations or organisms of an ecosystem through which the…

Q: primary producers in an oligotrophic lake

A: OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE- Oligotrophic lakes are those lakes with very clear water content, transparent…

Q: Aquatic biomes are distinguished primarily by   a. their temperatures.   b. the speed of their…

A: Biomes are one of the levels of ecological organization. It is defined as a large regional unit…

Q: Students from Westbury High School participated in a study of the Willow Waterhole Pond. After…

A: In ecology, the food chain refers to a series of transmissions of nutrients and energy in the form…

Q: An estimated 1000 kg of plant plankton are needed to produce 100 kg of animal plankton. The animal…

A: Biomass is the amount of living metal present in an ecosystem at a given time.

Q: What biotic and abiotic factors will affect the aquatic plants in the lake

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Q: . Why is the number of trophic levels in an ecosystem limited?

A: Introduction The number of trophic levels in every ecosystem can reach a maximum of five, in which…

Q: fundamental difference between the major categories of freshwater ecosystems?

A: Aquatic ecosystem the aquatic ecosystem contains organisms that rely on water for their survival.…

Q: What would happen to an ecosystem if all its decomposers and detritus feeders were eliminated or all…

A: In the ecosystem producers are the most important component. They are responsible for producing…

Q: Which of the following would be considered a biotic component of a coral reef ecosystem?  Check ALL…

A: Ecosystem: It is a collaboration of living organisms such as plants and animals with non-living…

Q: Why are decomposers usually absent from food webs? A. Decomposers do not have a feeding…

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Q: why are omnivores, decomposers and detrivores not in any trophic level?

A: A trophic level refers to the position of an organism in a food chain. The position is determined by…

Q: What is brackish water? ocean water water with little or no salt in it (fresh water) water that…

A: Brackish water is the water found in natural environments that is more saline than freshwater but…

Q: What following is a description of an abiotic factor that makes up part of a desert habitat?

A: Extremely day and night temperature is an abiotic factor that makes up part of a desert habitat

Q: Primary productivity is most limited in the depths of the ocean by solute concentration temperature…

A: Productivity of an Ecosystem Productivity is the rate of biomass production by different ecosystems…

Q: Nutrient pollution leads to __________ in many coastal waters and can cause dead zones.   excess…

A: Introduction The amount of dissolved oxygen required by aerobic biological organisms to break down…

Q: When one species is better at obtaining and holding space than another, it is competitively…

A: BASIC INFORMATION  ECOLOGY  When the relationship between the organisms living on the earth and…

Q: Fresh Water, Oceans, and Coasts   Describe freshwater, marine, and coastal ecosystems systems What…

A: 1) Freshwater ecosystem - Fresh water ecosystem is a subset of aquatic ecosystem. Which includes…

Q: Eutrophication excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to…

A: True

Q: Which of the following are the two major abiotic factors that determine a biome?   Question 6…

A: Terrestrial ecosystems are distinguished by their diversity and are divided into biomes, or major…

Q: What happens if there’s a natural disturbance (drought) affecting the balance of the food chain so…

A: Ecology  involves the  interaction of organisms with one another and with the environment. Ecology…

Q: Which is an unseen factor that affects the carrying capacity of the ocean? sunlight space water…

A: Answer is optiom a.) sunlight.

Q: Why does nature favor raising the gross primary productivity while man tends to raise the net…

A: The area of biology known as ecology is concerned with how organisms interact with one another and…