Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Marine



Characteristic of Marine
Biomes are clearly delineated geographic areas that contains plant and animal population specially adapted to those environment. The marine biome is one of the six majors type of biome, the other is freshwater, Tundra, Forest, desert, and grassland.


Plants that we can find in Marine

Coral
Seaweed
Algae

Animal that can we see in Marine


Eel
Sea turtle
 Tropical fish
Rock  fish
Shark

The Food Chain
So the food web start from the producers that is the dinoflagellates, then go to the primary consumers that is the copepods, then the secondary consumers are the ocean sunfish, then the tertiary consumers that is the small shark, the last is the quaternary consumers that is the last shark.

 Interesting Facts
Types of Marine Biomes
Although the marine biome is primarily made up of the oceans, it can be divided up into three types:
Oceans – these is the five major oceans that covers the world including the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern ocean;
Coral reefs - Coral reefs are small in size when compared to the oceans, but around 25% of marine species live in the coral reefs making them an important biome;
Estuaries - Estuaries are areas where rivers and streams flow into the ocean. This area where freshwater and saltwater meets, creates an ecosystem or biome all its own with interesting and diverse plant and animal life.






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