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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