Abiotic Factors
1. Sunlight: Freshwater wetlands get between 7-10 hours of sunlight everyday. Light from the sun is an essential abiotic factor in natural wetlands. Sunlight provides the energy that plants need to carry out photosynthesis. That same energy is transmitted to other organisms in the wetland through the food chain or food web. And temperature, of course, is an abiotic factor directly related to the amount of energy the wetland receives from the sun.
2. Soil: The type of soil that is found in wtlands is called hydric soil. Hydric soil is defined as “a soil that is formed under conditions of saturation, flooding or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part.” It is found in areas where the soil is saturated with water most of the growing season.
3. Climate: The climate of freshwater biomes is determined by by a number of factors including location, season and depth of water as the most prominent ones. On average the temperatures will decline as the water gets deeper. This pattern is much more common in lakes where there is less water movement and more depth compared to a river or stream. Overall majority of freshwater wetlands rang from 18 °c to 25 °c in the summer and 1 °c to 7 °c in the winter.
4. Water: Temperature: The temperature of the water can range from 4° C near the bottom to 22° C at the top. During the winter, the temperature at the bottom can be 4° C while the top is 0° C. Nutrients and pH: The nutrients that can be found in the water is endless due to the thousands of plants that grow under the water surface. The pH of the water can vary from location to location on average the pH can be as low as 3.0 - 4.0.
Biotic Factors
Insects: Insects are important part of the environment. They are essential the every biome becayse they eat all the organic material on the ground including dead plants and animals.
1. Mosquitos
2. Dragonfly
3. Fly
4. Pond Skater
5. Spider
Carnivores: The top preditor in the freshwater wetlands is the alligator. Carnivors get their energy by eating the herbivores. The carnivors only get to around about 0.1% of the energy. All energy lost is turned into heat.
1. Frogs, Toads and Salamanders
2. Alligator
3. Coatis
4. Cougar
5. Leeches
Herbivores: Herbivores obtain their energy from the producers of their ecosystem. Without the producers the herbivores wouldn’t be able to survive. When the herbivores eat the producers though they only get about 10% of the energy the other 90% is turned into heat.
1. Beavers
2. Swamp rabbit
3. Moose
4. Deer
5. Ducks
Plants: Producers are at the bottom of the food chain. They are the primary food course for everything in the certain biome. Producers are the things that give everything else in the ecosystem their energy. Producers get their energy from the sun then they transfer their energy to whoever eats them.
1. Algae
2. Cattails
3. Sedges,
4. Reeds
5. Waterlilies
1. Sunlight: Freshwater wetlands get between 7-10 hours of sunlight everyday. Light from the sun is an essential abiotic factor in natural wetlands. Sunlight provides the energy that plants need to carry out photosynthesis. That same energy is transmitted to other organisms in the wetland through the food chain or food web. And temperature, of course, is an abiotic factor directly related to the amount of energy the wetland receives from the sun.
2. Soil: The type of soil that is found in wtlands is called hydric soil. Hydric soil is defined as “a soil that is formed under conditions of saturation, flooding or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part.” It is found in areas where the soil is saturated with water most of the growing season.
3. Climate: The climate of freshwater biomes is determined by by a number of factors including location, season and depth of water as the most prominent ones. On average the temperatures will decline as the water gets deeper. This pattern is much more common in lakes where there is less water movement and more depth compared to a river or stream. Overall majority of freshwater wetlands rang from 18 °c to 25 °c in the summer and 1 °c to 7 °c in the winter.
4. Water: Temperature: The temperature of the water can range from 4° C near the bottom to 22° C at the top. During the winter, the temperature at the bottom can be 4° C while the top is 0° C. Nutrients and pH: The nutrients that can be found in the water is endless due to the thousands of plants that grow under the water surface. The pH of the water can vary from location to location on average the pH can be as low as 3.0 - 4.0.
Biotic Factors
Insects: Insects are important part of the environment. They are essential the every biome becayse they eat all the organic material on the ground including dead plants and animals.
1. Mosquitos
2. Dragonfly
3. Fly
4. Pond Skater
5. Spider
Carnivores: The top preditor in the freshwater wetlands is the alligator. Carnivors get their energy by eating the herbivores. The carnivors only get to around about 0.1% of the energy. All energy lost is turned into heat.
1. Frogs, Toads and Salamanders
2. Alligator
3. Coatis
4. Cougar
5. Leeches
Herbivores: Herbivores obtain their energy from the producers of their ecosystem. Without the producers the herbivores wouldn’t be able to survive. When the herbivores eat the producers though they only get about 10% of the energy the other 90% is turned into heat.
1. Beavers
2. Swamp rabbit
3. Moose
4. Deer
5. Ducks
Plants: Producers are at the bottom of the food chain. They are the primary food course for everything in the certain biome. Producers are the things that give everything else in the ecosystem their energy. Producers get their energy from the sun then they transfer their energy to whoever eats them.
1. Algae
2. Cattails
3. Sedges,
4. Reeds
5. Waterlilies