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what is the difference between an aquatic and a terrestrial ecosystem?
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An aquatic ecosystem is based on water, and a terrestrial ecosystem is based on land.
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What are the similarities and differences between the aquatic trophic pyramid and the terrestrial trophic pyramid?
is a wave
What is found at the interface between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems?
Lakes streams estuaries rivers
What variety of organisms within an ecosystem is characteristic of which type of diversity?
Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes between species, and of ecosystems.
What is the difference between population and ecosystem?
Population is how many there are, and ecosystem is how do they fit into the world.
What is the Simplest stable ecosystem?
the aquatic ecosystem becuase there is a more of a diversion between all the fish and sharks and the whales.Not counting the type of starfish and just the water itself is so unique because it is able to support aquatic life.
What is the difference between aguatic and terriestal?
It is not easy to compare terrestrial and aquatic systems because there is such on the similarities and differences between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Why is there a basic difference between the kinds of fertilization most common in aquatic and terrestrial animals?
Terrestrial animals can't just release sperm into their environment to fertilize eggs, where as some aquatic animals can, because sperm needs water to fertilize
What are the similarities between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem?
in both terrestrial and aquatic environments the ecosystems include communities made up of a variety of species,within both terrestrial and aquatic communities there are populations at the different trophic levels,a great deal of mutual interdependence exists between species in both terrestrial and aquatic environments,in undisturbed terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems equilibrium is reached, i.e. very few major changes are observed over a period of time,in both ecosystems stratification (vertical zonation)occurs.
What is the difference between terrestrial biome and aquatic biome?
Differences between Terrestrial and Aquatic systemsbecause aquatic environments are so rich in nutrients they support more live than equivalent terrestrial ecosystems. The small drifting photosynthetic organisms of the oceans, referred to collectively as phytoplankton are regarded as the major photosynthesizers, or primary producers, of the earth,aquatic environments are much more stable than terrestrial environments, with smaller fluctuations in temperature and other variables,aquatic organisms are seldom exposed to desiccationwhile terrestrial organisms are often exposed to desiccation and are usually relatively resistant to drying out,oxygen (because there is very much less present) is sometimes a limiting factor an aquatic habitats but this is seldom the case in terrestrial habitats,light can be a limiting factor in some aquatic habitats, but in most terrestrial environments there is hardly ever a a shortage of light,terrestrial animals are influenced far more by gravity, while water supports aquatic organisms.
What is the difference between terrestrial animals getting oxygen and aquatic animals?
Amphibians can live both on land and water
How do you tell the difference between terrestrial turtles and aquatic turtles?
Aquatic turtles tend to have webbed feet for swimming. Sea turtles (Cheloniidae family) are especially adapted for an aquatic life, with long feet that form flippers and a streamlined body shape.
What is found at the interface between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems?
Lakes streams estuaries rivers
What are the similarities and differences between the aquatic trophic pyramid and the terrestrial trophic pyramid?
is a wave
Which describes the relationship between depth and the distribution of life in an aquatic ecosystem?
It is an inverse relationship
Are lakes and ponds aquatic or terrestrial?
They are water so that makes them aquatic. To help you remember this aqua= water and terra=land or landforms. You can see the relationship between the words .
What variety of organisms within an ecosystem is characteristic of which type of diversity?
Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes between species, and of ecosystems.
What is the difference between population and ecosystem?
Population is how many there are, and ecosystem is how do they fit into the world.
