Ap Bio Ecology Lab
Ecology
➢ Climate is weather conditions of a region like temperature, humidity, precipitation, sunlight pressure, winds, throughout the year over a period of time ➢ Ecology – is the study of the interactions between organisms and the environment ➢ Abiotic factors –temperature and water ➢ Microclimate – a classification at the small scale variation ➢ Dispersal – movement away fro origin ➢ Macroclimate – a classification at the global and regional level ➢ Parasitism – organisms like bacteria that enter a host, living organism where a parasite may live ➢ Competing – Two species compete with another species for resources such as food, water, or territory ➢ Biomes – major types of ecosystems that occupy very broad geographic regions. ➢ Photic zone is where there is enough light for photosynthesis to occur and an aphotic zone, where very little light penetrates. ➢ Benthic zone - is located at the bottom of the biome ➢ Oligotrophic lakes are deep lakes that are nutrient-poor and oxygen-rich and contain sparse phytoplankton. ➢ Eutrophic lakes are shallower, and they have higher nutrient content and lower oxygen content with a high concentration of phytoplankton.
Marine biomes
➢ The intertidal zone, where land meets the water, is periodically submerged and exposed by the twice-daily tides. ➢ The Predation – Certain species hunt on other species or in some cases, Thermocline is not really a zone but more a layer which is very narrow that separate a warm upper layer of water and cold deeper waters ➢ Freshwater biomes (standing bodies of water and moving bodies of water) ➢ In lakes, the littoral zone a coral reef is a biome created by a group of cnidarians that secrete hard calcium carbonate shells, which vary in shape and support the growth of other corals, sponges, and algae ➢ A savanna is a field with grasses and some trees. The dominant herbivores are insects such as
➢ Climate is weather conditions of a region like temperature, humidity, precipitation, sunlight pressure, winds, throughout the year over a period of time ➢ Ecology – is the study of the interactions between organisms and the environment ➢ Abiotic factors –temperature and water ➢ Microclimate – a classification at the small scale variation ➢ Dispersal – movement away fro origin ➢ Macroclimate – a classification at the global and regional level ➢ Parasitism – organisms like bacteria that enter a host, living organism where a parasite may live ➢ Competing – Two species compete with another species for resources such as food, water, or territory ➢ Biomes – major types of ecosystems that occupy very broad geographic regions. ➢ Photic zone is where there is enough light for photosynthesis to occur and an aphotic zone, where very little light penetrates. ➢ Benthic zone - is located at the bottom of the biome ➢ Oligotrophic lakes are deep lakes that are nutrient-poor and oxygen-rich and contain sparse phytoplankton. ➢ Eutrophic lakes are shallower, and they have higher nutrient content and lower oxygen content with a high concentration of phytoplankton.
Marine biomes
➢ The intertidal zone, where land meets the water, is periodically submerged and exposed by the twice-daily tides. ➢ The Predation – Certain species hunt on other species or in some cases, Thermocline is not really a zone but more a layer which is very narrow that separate a warm upper layer of water and cold deeper waters ➢ Freshwater biomes (standing bodies of water and moving bodies of water) ➢ In lakes, the littoral zone a coral reef is a biome created by a group of cnidarians that secrete hard calcium carbonate shells, which vary in shape and support the growth of other corals, sponges, and algae ➢ A savanna is a field with grasses and some trees. The dominant herbivores are insects such as