BIOL 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 29: Aphotic Zone, Zooplankton, Photic Zone
14 May 2017
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Bio 1010 depend on wind to disperse their pollen (sperm) and seeds. Wind storms create patchiness in forest by blowing down trees. Wind also influences the rate of water loss by plants. Wind also plays apart in evaporative cooling which directly affects the internal temperature control of animals (mostly mammals). Other disturbances disturbances (i. e. , fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, drought, flood, grazing) can greatly impact biological communities and ecosystems. After a disturbance, the habitat begins to reemerge and is slowly re-structured. This process of disturbance and re-structuring is called succession and is a vital role in biological communities and ecosystems. Darwin noticed that organisms in various regions are usually well adapted for living in specific conditions and he suggested that interactions between organisms and their environments (abiotic and biotic) led to evolutionary change through natural selection. One of the fundamental goals of ecology is to explain the distribution of organisms.
