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2020 Aquatic ecosystem part 1 A SHORT NOTE FOR B.SC ZOOLOGY WRITTEN BY DR.MOTI LAL GUPTA ,H.O.D ,DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY,B.N.COLLEGE,PATNA UNIVERSITY [Type the author name] DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY,B.N COLLEGE, P.U 4/16/2020 Aquatic ecosystem part 1 2 1 Department of zoology,B.N College,P.U Page 2 Aquatic ecosystem part 1 3 Contents 1. Learning Objectives 2. Introduction 3. The Lentic Aquatic System Zonation in Lentic Systems Characteristics of Lentic Ecosystem Lentic Community Communities of the littoral zone Communities of Limnetic Zone Communities of Profundal Zone 4. Lake Ecosystem Thermal Properties of Lake Seasonal Cycle in Temperate Lakes Biological Oxygen Demand Eutrophy and Oligotrophy Langmuir Circulation and the Descent of the Thermocline Types of Lakes 5. State of Freshwater Ecosystems in Present Scenario Causes of Change in the properties of freshwater bodies Climate Change Change in Water Flow Land-Use Change Changing Chemical Inputs Aquatic Invasive Species Harvest Impact of Change on Freshwater Bodies Physical Transformations 6. Summary 2 Department of zoology,B.N College,P.U Page 3 Aquatic ecosystem part 1 4 1. Learning Objectives After the end of this module you will be able to 1. Understand the concept of fresh water ecosystem. 2. Understand the characteristics of the Lentic ecosystems. 3. Know the communities of lentic ecosystems and their ecological adaptations. 4. Know properties of Lake Ecosystems and their types. 5. Understand the major changes that are causing the threats to freshwaters ecosystems. 2. Introduction Freshwater ecology can be interpreted as interrelationship between freshwater organism and their natural environments. Fresh water streams (springs, rivulets, creeks, brooks, etc.) and rivers trend over their course from being narrow, shallow and relatively rapid to increasingly broad, deep and slow moving. The degree of each feature depends upon the vertical drop over its length. This shift in movement of the water is reflected in the substrate, which trends from being rocky and without sediment to deep sediments found in the deltas at the mouth of some great rivers like Mississippi. Lentic ecosystems (pools, ponds, swamps, bogs lakes, etc.) vary considerably in physical, chemical and biological characteristics. In general, they have different zonation, unlike the rapid and the pool zones of the lotic system with different specialized lentic community. 3.The Lentic Aquatic System Lentic aquatic bodies contain stagnant waters. These are formed usually in large or small depressions formed on earth's surface where water is trapped and has no exit flow. Ponds, lakes, swamps etc. are few such water bodies. Therefore, the lentic systems are closed systems i.e. most of the aquatic forms that enter these systems rarely get out. They have to persist, decay and decompose within the lentic body. In due course of time, they change into swamps or marshy wetlands and finally into dry lands. PAGE3 Department of zoology,B.N College,P.U Page 4 Aquatic ecosystem part 1 5 Fig.1: Examples of Lentic ecosystem Zonation in Lentic Systems Fig.2: Zonation in Lentic water body The bodies like ponds and lakes have three zones: 4 Department of zoology,B.N College,P.U Page 5 Aquatic ecosystem part 1 6 1. Littoral Zone: It is the shallow water region in which the light penetrates till the bottom. Due to the availability of plenty of sunlight, this zone is marked typically by the presence of rooted plants. This may not be true in „managed‟ or „man-made ponds or lakes‟. 2. Limnetic Zone: It is the open water zone to the depth of effective light penetration called the compensation level. The compensation level is that depth at which the rate of photosynthesis becomes equal to the rate of respiration. In general, this level will be at the depth at which light intensity is about 1 per cent of full sunlight intensity. The community in this zone is composed only of planktons and the nektons and sometimes neustons. This zone is absent in small, shallow ponds. The total illuminated stratum including the littoral and the limnetic zone is termed as Eutrophic zone. 3. Profundal Zone: This is the deep bottom zone which is beyond the depth of effective light penetration. This zone is often absent in ponds. Characteristics of Lentic Ecosystem The physico-chemical environment in a lentic aquatic system is remarkable due to absence of flow of water. Some important features of a lentic water body of water are summarized below: (a) Stability in the physicochemical characteristics of water quality: Most of the water in the lentic system derives from surface runoffs, rains or from underground water sources. These sources undergo very little change in their compositions over the years. Therefore, the quality of water in lentic systems remains virtually unchanged for long duration of time. (b) Impact of Seasonal change: The productivity of a lentic body is influenced by its positive correlation with the seasonal changes in physicochemical characteristics of water. The seasonal fluctuation of the water quality greatly affects the composition of the living community. During the periods of bright sunshine, a rich growth of phytoplankton is observed which is also associated with a remarkable decline in the concentration of many plant nutrients. 5 Department of zoology,B.N College,P.U Page 6 Aquatic ecosystem part 1 7 (c) Impact of area Vs volume of water on assessment of productivity: In the assessment of the productivity of a lentic water body, the total surface area of the water body is more important than volume of water or the depth of the water body. The total stretch of the littoral and limnetic zones determines the productivity. Even the profundal zones are nutrient rich in some lentic bodies, productivity is hardly affected due to lack of enough sunshine. (d) Lentic systems are closed systems: Since there is no outlet for the water body, substances with persistent nature, products of decomposition and mineralization of the organic matter as well as the degraded or semi degraded products of pollutants that are discharged in these aquatic bodies, persist in the system. This has a significant impact on the biotic communities. (e) Thermal and nutritional Stratification: The phenomenon of stratification, also known as vertical donation, is one of the most important features of a lentic water body. This is observed in lakes and ponds which usually have deeper static waters having a depth of more than 6 to 8 meters. Stratification results in different layers of a lentic water having different temperature, oxygen content and the nutrient status. Stratification develops mainly due to following reasons: i. Seasonal change: The typical seasonal cycle results in the thermal stratification. During summers the top waters become warmer than the bottom waters, as a result, only the warm top layer circulates, and it does not mix with the more viscous cold water, creating a zone with a steep temperature gradient in between called the thermocline. The details of the same will be discussed later. ii. Light: Sunlight illuminates only the upper layers i.e., the limnetic zone, where active photosynthesis and growth takes place. This results in generation of plenty of oxygen and also rapid consumption of nutrients. On the other hand, the benthic and the profundal and benthic zones are dark and deprived of primary productivity. Some amount of atmospheric oxygen also dissolves into the upper surface water, making the upper zone rich in oxygen and poor in nutrition while the bottom zone rich in nutrition but poor in dissolved oxygen content. 6 Department of zoology,B.N College,P.U Page 7 Aquatic ecosystem part 1 8 iii. Decomposition and mineralization of organic matter: Nutrient is abundant near the bottom strata from where they diffuse towards the upper strata. Decomposition of dead organisms, mineralization of organic matter and regeneration of nutrients occur actively in the profundal and benthic zones. On the other hand, the consumption of the same is comparatively less than the surface. These zone are oxygen deficient, therefore products of anaerobic microbial activities also accumulate in these zones. iv. Atmospheric temperature and air circulation: 95% of heat is received or lost by the aquatic body through its upper surface which is in contact with atmospheric air. Therefore, the temperature of the surface layer is directly influenced by atmospheric temperatures and also the presence or absence of air circulation. Since the deeper layers are insulated from all sides, they do not undergo any rapid change in temperature. This also affects the density of water. v. Density gradient of water: When lighter or less dense layer of water is placed on heavier or denser waters, thermal stratification develops. Water has its maximum density at 4°C. Above 4°C warmer, it is lighter like every liquid but at temperature below 4°C, the situation is exactly opposite to other liquids since warmer waters are heavier than cooler ones. The conditions under which stratification develops in a static water body are: 1. When the water body having temperatures below 4°C is subjected to cooling. 2. When the water body having temperatures above 4°C is subjected to heating. In both the cases, the surface layer becomes lighter than the layer of water underneath. The lighter water tends to stay at the top and prevents free circulation and the mixing of different layers of water. The imaginary line that demarcates the two zones having different temperatures is termed as the thermocline. The zone above thermocline is known as epilimnion and the zone below this line are known as hypolimnion. 7 Department of zoology,B.N College,P.U Page 8 Aquatic ecosystem part 1 9 Fig.3: Stratification in lentic system Complete mixing of water occurs: 1.
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