BKristen Gershkoff Mr. Zabel Ecology 1 October 2012 How Abiotic Factors Affect the Biota The variation of abiotic factors in both the beach and the salt pond greatly affect the biota in those areas. At the beach there was a rocky landscape that rounded the water‚ while at the salt pond‚ there was more of a wet grassy area allowing different life forms or biota to thrive in each. Also‚ physical factors such as temperature‚ salinity‚ or dissolved oxygen levels allow for different life forms to
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Factors affecting the role that the relationships between biotic and abiotic factors contribute to the relationship between foliage and ground coverBy Effie LucasIntroduction:A functioning ecosystem is totally reliant on the way in which factors such as biotic and abiotic interrelate and create a balance of living and non-living. Biotic factors are those features of the environments of organisms arising from the activities of the other living organisms‚ relating to‚ produced by‚ or caused by living
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Biotic and Abiotic Factors A savanna grassland is an ecological system with scattered shrubs and isolated trees. The grasslands are found on both sides of the equator between tropical rainforests and desert biomes and have warm temperatures year round. A grassland savanna has a variety of biotic and abiotic components ranging from simple to highly specialized plants and animals and physical characteristics. The biotic components of a savanna grassland are the living organisms that inhabit the area
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A Study of the Badu Mangrove Community at Sydney Olympic Park Abstract A investigation took place at a large mangrove community called the ’Badu Mangroves’. The interactions of organisms and the Badu Mangrove ecosystem were observed. While experiments were carried out to determine the abiotic ( e.g. temperature‚ humidity‚ soil pH ) and biotic ( e.g. number of seedlings distributed throughout a certain area‚ adaptations of animals ) features in the Badu Mangrove community. Aim The aim of this
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mangroves forman ‘Mangroves for Mankind’ [The December 2004 Tsunami had established that coastal bio-shields such as mangroves and shelterbelt plantations offer best protection against natural calamities like cyclones and tsunami. Tamil Nadu reported more than 1500 deaths but surprisingly‚ human casualty and damage was minimal in and around Pichavaram and Muthupet mangroves. Following this‚ Government of India had funded massive mangrove afforestation in Tamil Nadu. Muthupet has been
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Introduction Mangrove swamps are a type of coastal wetland found on five out of seven continents between the latitudes 30ºN and 30ºS. Mangrove swamps are rich communities of both vegetative and animal species. The swamps are unique in the fact that they are a highly vegetated area found on the edge of marine coasts. The major vegetation in this area has adapted to absorb its water from the sea‚ and its oxygen from the air as opposed to the soil. This environment serves as home to many animal species
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Mangrove Analysis Report [By Nathania Burrie] [User: TaniaSmartTwit] [March 2002] Introduction Coastal mud flats throughout the tropics carry a vegetation of mangrove swamp‚ which is particularly luxuriant in the wet tropics‚ such as Cairns itself. These evergreen trees and shrubs share similar habitat preferences‚ and a similar appearance to the untrained eye. This report will explain my findings in this biological topic‚ and describe the adaptations the mangroves have developed in order to
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Introduction: Mangroves and tidal swamps exist in middle of the road zones between earthbound ranges and oceanic regions. Accordingly‚ they spread along coasts and estuaries (Chmura G. L. (N. D). Mangroves are known for their remarkable natural surroundings‚ as they live in particular conditions where no different sorts of plants can endure as they confront the power of tides alongside the elevated amounts of saltiness (Environment Agency (2014)). In addition‚ the dirt in which they develop is generally
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complete community of living organisms and the only nonliving materials of their sorroundings . The Amazon Rainforest is found in South America‚ spanning across Brazil and Bolivia. It covers much of the northwestern Brasil and it is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It’s crisscrossed with thousands of rivers. The Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests. It covering over five and a half a million square kilometres (1.4 billion acres. An abiotic factor
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MATERIALS AND METHODS Study Site The assessment of mangrove forest ecosystem was carried out in Butig Island‚ Salcedo‚ Eastern Samar from February – April 2014. Butig Is. is located at 11° _________N; 125° ______ E. Geographical coordinates of the study site were determined using the GARMIN GPS unit‚ and was plotted in Manifold. The map of the study site is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Map of Butig Island showing the seven plots Field Sampling Physico-Chemical Parameters The physico-chemical
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