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Aquatic Biodiversity
• Ocean 91% of all water• Polar ice caps and glaciers 2.3%• Lakes, streams, and rivers 2.8%• Rest largely groundwater
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Aquatic Biota
• Plankton – live in water column
• Nekton – active swimmers in water column
• Benthos – live on or in bottom sediments
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Fig. 8-4, p. 165
Marine Ecosystems
Economic Services
Climate moderation Food
CO2 absorption Animal and pet feed
Nutrient cycling Pharmaceuticals
Harbors and transportation routes
Waste treatment
Reduced storm impact (mangroves, barrier islands, coastal wetlands)
Coastal habitats for humans
RecreationHabitats and nursery areas Employment
Genetic resources and biodiversity
Oil and natural gas
Minerals
Scientific information Building materials
Ecological Services
NATURAL CAPITAL
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Three Marine Life Zones• Coastal• Open ocean• Ocean bottom
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Differences in diversity and life histories
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Coastal Zone• Book = “harsh”• Spatial and temporal
variation in abiotic conditions
• High diversity (10% of ocean area, 90% of marine species)
• Among most productive environments
• Most commercial fisheries (60% human pop along coast and estuaries)
• Why diverse?
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Estuaries – Critical Habitats
• Junction of river and ocean (can be expanded to other aquatic environments)
• Nutrient and sediment inputs – highly productive
• Important nursery and productive hotspot
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Estuaries – Threatened Habitats
• Loss sediment inputs• Nutrient loading• Channelization• River regulation• Development• Also, Chesapeake Bay
(p. 172-173)
Mississippi River deltaic fan
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Threats not limited to coastal zone
• Many continental shelf fisheries replaced with deepwater fisheries (600 – 1800 m)
• Example – orange roughy
• Slow growing• Slow population
growth (delay to reproductive maturity
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Fig 8-12
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NATURAL CAPITAL
Freshwater Systems
Ecological Services
Economic Services
Climate moderation Food
Nutrient cycling Drinking water
Waste treatmentIrrigation water
Flood control
HydroelectricityGroundwater recharge
Habitats for many species
Transportation corridors
Genetic resources and biodiversity
Recreation
Scientific information Employment
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Lake Biodiversity
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Lake Age Over Time
Oligotrophic Mesotrophic Eutrophic
Rate of aging varies based on basin characteristics:• Geology• Nutrient• Climate• Lake topography• Inflows and outflows
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Steams and Rivers
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This is a general pattern, but is an oversimplification of the dynamics of streams and rivers (river networks)
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It is not where you are on a longitudinal gradient (e.g., river continuum concept)
Hydrological and geomorphological character of the area of interest determines:
• Nutrient and sediment storage and transport
• Ecological structure and function
Thorp et al. (2008). Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis
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Not all Rivers Find Their Way to the Ocean
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Human Impacts on Freshwaters
• Regulation– Dams, channelization, levees
• Water Abstraction– Irrigation– Diversion
• Pollution– Organic– Nutrient loading–Metals and complex compounds