Inland Aquatic Enviro

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    • Types:
      Lotic and Lentic
      Which is flowing? Lotic
      Which is standing? Lentic
    • Wetlands:
      What is the deep water called? Limnetic water
      Can be trophogenic (where light reaches) or Tropholytic (light doesn't reach)
      Organisms for this area?
      Plankton and nekton
    • Wetlands:
      What is the shallow edge called? Littoral zone
      It is trophogenic (light reaches)
      Organisms for this area?
      Pleuston, macrophytes, periphytons, epiphytes
    • Wetlands:
      What is the sediment layer at the bottom called? Benthos
      It is made up of what zones? The littoral and profundal
      Organisms for this area?
      Psammon, decomposers, benthos, detritivores, plants, algae
    • Wetlands:
      Whats the area where the light reaches in the limnetic zone called?
      The euphotic zone
      Whats the area where the light doesn't reach called?
      The profundal zone
    • Rivers:
      What are the 4 habitats?
      Pools, runs, riffles, margins
    • Rivers: Functional feeding groups of macroinvertebrates:
      Shredders
      Collectors
      Scrapers
      Predators
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