ECOSYSTEM COMPARISON CREATED BY: ROBIN COOPER, AND ELIJAH LOVETT.

ABYSSAL

Abiotic factors- Sediment, volcanic ash, chemical precipitation, and wind blown dust. Biotic Factors- oarfish, giant squid, viper fish, deep sea shrimp and cusk eel.

ABYSSAL Limiting factors- amount of sunlight, and pressure.

ABYSSAL Viper fish- salt water fish, long needle teeth, hinged jaw, year life span. Carnivore. Top predator. Giant squid- Deep ocean dweller. 8 species. Hunts deep sea fish. Rare to see. Oar fish feet long. Lives 30,000 feet below sea level. Largest boney fish in the sea. Carnivore. Secondary consumer.

ABYSSAL Symbiotic Relations Predation: Viper fish – Deep sea shrimp Mutualism: Bacteria – Anglerfish Parasitism: Hosedax worm – Whale carcasses

CHAPARRAL

Abiotic- hot dry summer, cold moist winters, poor soil, and periodic fires. Biotic- Coyotes, mule deer, jack rabbit, honey bees, scrub oak, yucca.

CHAPARRAL Limiting factors- weather conditions, soil, rain fall.

Kangaroo-Tail for balance, front limbs smaller, large ears, 5 digits on their hands. Acute sense of smell, sight, and hearing. Powerful legs. Eats autotrophs. Elephant- Tusks, rough skin, big ears Rattlesnake- poison, shedding skin, cold blooded, eats other animals

SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP Mutualism: Blue oak- Common Sage Commensalism: Red-winged black bird- Torrey pine Parasitism: parasites and Brewer black bird