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Aquatic Habitat - Water forms the habitat of an enormous variety of organisms. These organisms are called as aquatic organisms. The aquatic habitat may be fresh water or marine environment. The fresh water habitat includes lentic and lotic habitats. The lentic habitat ..

% of GDP, as the value of their products rose from 1230 crores in 1980 to 15980 crores in 1998. Fishes have a significant nutritional value and large number of people - especially in cities - have taken to fish eating habits. As much as 10 - 12 lakh people in our country have relied on fisheries fo..

Major Ecosystems (Biomes) - Biome is a large, regional or sub continental biosystem characterized by a major vegetation type or other distinct landscape characters such as tropical deciduous forest, tundra biome, etc. "The major terrestrial ecosystems (largest ecologic..

A traditional strategy for the protection of biodiversity has been in practice in India and some other Asian countries in the form of sacred forests. These are forest patches of varying dimensions protected by tribal communities due to religious sanctity accorded to them. In India sacred forests a..

An ecosystem is a self sustaining structural and functional unit of the biosphere. The ecosystem may be large or small. In the biosphere several ecosystems exist. Usually there is exchange of material and energy between adjoining ecosystems. Ecosystems can be natural or artificial. Natural ecosyste..

Aquatic life in water depends upon the presence of dissolved oxygen. Unless a minimum amount of the dissolved gas is present in lakes and rivers, fish and other aquatic life will die. Many pollutants in the water are biodegradable and some are non-biodegradable. Compl..

It is the movement of water between aquatic systems, air and land water vapour condenses to form clouds, and eventually rainfall. Plants play an important role in this cycle by the process of transpiration. The upper limit (maximum) of water availability of a soil is called field capac..

Pond System Environmental temperatures fluctuate both daily and seasonally. Temperature fluctuations are comparatively less in the aquatic environment than in the terrestrial environment. The increase in depth of aquatic medium often increases the temperature fluctuations. The m..

In the Earth's biosphere, water is essential to all forms of life. Interestingly, it is also the biospheres most abundant compound and a unique substance from the chemical point of view. About 75% of the Earth's surface consists of water. Water is present as either (a) Solid - ice, snow etc., (b) L..

. Certain food chains may be very long and may extend to fourth, fifth or even higher order consumers. Food Chains in Aquatic Ecosystems In aquatic ecosystems of the biosphere, like fresh water ponds, lakes or sea, the food chain starts with microscopic free floating p..