Ecology Notes
Biomagnification A pollutant moves up the food chain It affects organisms at the top of the food chain the most.
Renewable resources Replenish themselves over time.
Freshwater zones Littoral: near the shore Limnetic zone: open water Benthic zone: lake bottom
Ocean zones Intertidal: shoreline between high and low tides. Like th elittoral zone Neritic zone: shore to edge of continental shelf Bathyal zone: open water down to about 2000 meters Abyssal zone: >2000 meters to bottom. No light
Terrestrial zones Polar: between poles and arctic or antarctic circle Temperate: between Arctic circle and Tropic of Cancer or Antarctic circle and the Tropic of Capricorn Tropical: from Tropic of Cancer to Tropic of Capricorn
Rain forest
Succession
Chapparal
Desert
Prairie
Savanna
Taiga
Rain Forest
Tundra
Temperate forest
Steppes
Palouse
Badlands of New Mexico
Badlands of South Dakota