Aquatic ecosystem

An estuary mouth and marine coastal waters, part of an aquatic ecosystem

An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem found in and around a body of water, in contrast to land-based terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems contain communities of organismsaquatic life—that are dependent on each other and on their environment. The two main types of aquatic ecosystems are marine ecosystems and freshwater ecosystems.[1] Freshwater ecosystems may be lentic (slow moving water, including pools, ponds, and lakes); lotic (faster moving water, for example streams and rivers); and wetlands (areas where the soil is saturated or inundated for at least part of the time).[2]

  1. ^ Alexander, David E.; Fairbridge, Rhodes W., eds. (1999). Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Springer. p. 27. ISBN 0-412-74050-8 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Vaccari, David A.; Strom, Peter F.; Alleman, James E. (2005). Environmental Biology for Engineers and Scientists. Wiley-Interscience. ISBN 0-471-74178-7.[page needed]

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