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Ecosystems (Terrestrial (Temperate Forest (broad leafed, deciduous,…

- - - - Canopy
      - Understory
      - Emergent Layer
      - Forest Floor
    - - low seasonal variation
      - high precipitation
      - high diversity and competition
      - favorable year-round growing season
  - - - low productivity
      - a lot of light
      - low precipitation
    - - can grow slowly
      - can grow rapidly w/ ranifall
  - - - precipitation
      - temperature
    - - aboveground biomass
      - organic matter avail as food
      - Carbon fixed--Carbon oxidized
  - - - actually has 4 seasons
      - low producitivty
      - low precipitation
  - - - low productivity
      - low aboveground biomass
      - low precipitation
      - high temperature variation
      - low temperature
      - low diversity
  - - - high temperature variation
      - low precipitation
      - low productivity
      - low diversity
      - high aboveground biomass
- - - - Bogs
        
        acidic
        
        carnivorous plants
      - Marsh
        
        grasses, some angiosperms
        
        nonwoody plants
      - Swamp
        
        large trees, shrubs
    - - headwater/source
        
        high O2
        
        low nutrients
      - end/"mouth"
        
        low O2
        
        high nutrients
    - - Depth Zones
        
        Limnetic
        
        Benthic
        
        Littoral
    - - freshwater/saltwater mixing
      - rough bottom topography
        
        turbulence=mixing
      - smooth bottom topography
        
        salt deposits="Haloclines"
  - - - Depth Zones
        
        neretic
        
        currents
        
        oceanic
        
        intertidal
        
        wave action
        
        benthic