Introduction
The salt water biome has many sea creatures there, but there are a lot of ups and downs. There could be problems that could effect the whole biome and the creatures in it. Also there are way to fix the biome and ways to help it. Next there are plenty of different sea creature that live differently than others, some are predators others are prey and there are even some that are endangered.
Abiotic and Biotic factors
Biotic factors being all the living creatures in the environment would be things along the lines of shark, dolphins, fish and living plants like kelp and seaweed. Abiotic factors being non-living things in the ecosystem. Salinity, despite the fact that 96.5% of pure water, is a factor. There is more the 70 trillion dissolved factors is the ocean, most common being sodium chloride. Gases are also an important factor, gases such as Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, and Nitrogen and lastly of course water is the main abiotic factor.
Biotic factors being all the living creatures in the environment would be things along the lines of shark, dolphins, fish and living plants like kelp and seaweed. Abiotic factors being non-living things in the ecosystem. Salinity, despite the fact that 96.5% of pure water, is a factor. There is more the 70 trillion dissolved factors is the ocean, most common being sodium chloride. Gases are also an important factor, gases such as Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, and Nitrogen and lastly of course water is the main abiotic factor.
Endangered species
Name of organism: Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Why is this organism endangered: Whaling was a big threat to blue whales but is no longer a main threat. Some threats of blue whales are mainly vessel strikes and fisheries interactions. Addition treats include habitat degradation, pollution, and long-term climate changes
Population estimate: 720,00
Name of organism: Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Why is this organism endangered: Whaling was a big threat to blue whales but is no longer a main threat. Some threats of blue whales are mainly vessel strikes and fisheries interactions. Addition treats include habitat degradation, pollution, and long-term climate changes
Population estimate: 720,00
Density Dependent Limiting Factors
Density dependent limiting factors deals with the size of the populations organisms and migration deals with it because organisms may move if their home becomes full of other organisms.
Density Independent Limiting Factors
Density independent limiting factors is when there are climate extremes. Another reason it is density independent limiting factors is because there are limits to their food sources.
Food Web
Producers and Consumers
Producers: Phytoplankton, Sea weeds, Plankton, Diatoms, Sea grass, and Zooplankton. The producers will make the food using sunlight.
Consumers: Whales, Clown fish, Halfmoon fish, and Opaleye fish. The some consumers eat producers but the consumers can not make their own food.
Producers: Phytoplankton, Sea weeds, Plankton, Diatoms, Sea grass, and Zooplankton. The producers will make the food using sunlight.
Consumers: Whales, Clown fish, Halfmoon fish, and Opaleye fish. The some consumers eat producers but the consumers can not make their own food.
Keystone Species
A sea star is a keystone species because they will eat mussels to try and keep there numbers in check, but they will start to crowd out other species. Since they are not prey to any other species, they are invaluable for keeping the ecosystem diverse.
Predator and prey relationships
Shark is the predator and dolphins are the prey.
Large fish is the predator and smaller fish are the prey.
Sea lions are predators and smaller fish are prey.
Large fish is the predator and smaller fish are the prey.
Sea lions are predators and smaller fish are prey.