What Are Aquatic Biomes Affected By Human Activity

The oceans need to be protected because it is where life began and if not taken care of, life as we know it will end. The well-being of the ocean is constantly being threatened and needs to stop. When dangerous substances go into the ocean, ecosystems suffer and become endangered along with the lives of people and marine life. The importance of protecting and preserving the quality and biodiversity of the world 's coasts must be recognized because they are truly irreplaceable. If humans are not educated , and become careless about what is thrown on the ground or sprayed on lawns, disastrous effects follow when it comes to the condition of the ocean’s ecosystems, which can endanger life itself, leading to a problem only we can correct. There is historical evidence of ocean pollution, although the problem still shadows us today.

The Causes of Ocean Pollution Ocean Pollution has been occurring for years. It is important because trash and toxic substances are harmful to humans and animals. Animals are continuously dying either by being choked from trash caught around their neck or them mistaking it for food. Humans are responsible for overfishing.

Marine Biomes Shonda Morton October 20, 2013 SCI/230 Paula Roberts A marine biome is a large aquatic zone that takes up almost 75% of Earth’s surface, has a salt concentration around 3%, and is distinguished from other biomes by its physical environment. According to Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology, (2010), the habitats of a marine biome varies depending on the level of the sea that it exists (pp.382). The layers or “zones” that make up the marine biome consist of the pelagic realm, the intertidal zone, the photic zone, the aphotic zone, and the benthic realm.

Juanita Sarmiento Daphnia Ecotoxicology Lab Report Introduction Ecosystems have a way of maintaining themselves under ordinary conditions but when a new factor is added that will most likely threaten the environment action needs to be put forth. Our environment is affected by many pollutants on a daily bases forming a threat to natural stability. For example some of the most polluted parts of the environment are bodies of water like that explained in our lab. Once pollution occurs animals can be affected in many ways even to the brink of death. In the lab the stream is getting pumped with salty potassium filled water that can kill daphnia, habitants of the stream, if the concentration gets too high. To prevent this a

Pollution is also a problem with the impact of the ecosystem. People also can cause pollution which impacts the ecosystem. When people put DDT on their grass it gets into the Great Lakes ecosystem. The runoff carries the DDT into the Great Lakes water then it gets into the Phytoplankton,

Update Image Essential Question: In what ways do humans actions and interactions affect the health of Puget Sound? Do you know that our action do really affect Our Puget sound because our yard waste releases chemicals like oils,grease,metals and the soap we us to wash our hands and bacteria and that bacteria

Table of Contents Introduction 1. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch 1.1. Distribution of plastic objects into the Pacific Ocean 1.2. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch characteristic 1.3. The discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 2. Effects on wildlife 2.1. Characteristics of plastics 2.2. Plastic with marine birds and animals 3. Examples of reducing the plastic garbage 3.1. Clean up 3.2. Law toward solving plastic pollution 4. Recommendations 5. Conclusion References 1. Introduction Oceans make up seventy percent of earth's surface, and are the largest place to sustain and accumulate various species. However, humans' wastes, such as oil spill, industrial toxic wastewater, and

o ** As you can see the marine biome is SUPER important and we have a responsibility to protect it. Read the following national geographic to find out how: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/oceans/take-action/10-things-you-can-do-to-save-the-ocean/

2 ENV 101 Module Pollution of our water resources from point sources, such as industrial discharges, and nonpoint sources, such as agricultural and urban runoff, also threaten our access to clean, safe water. Pollution threatens our marine resources as well. Pollutants are released into the ocean as a

When starting out this project the aquatic biome was not my first choice as loss of biodiversity sounded cool to me, but it ended up being hard to find information on so I thought to myself why not do the aquatic biome. When starting my project on the aquatic biome I thought that it only involved the ocean as the ocean is known to be a mystery. But the aquatic biome ended up having many more parts involved in it then just the ocean. There is the saltwater region which is the ocean there is also a freshwater region which involves lakes and ponds there is also coral reefs which are separate from the ocean. The saltwater and freshwater regions both include different types of plants and animals. Saltwater is more available on earth then freshwater

In this lab your group was trying to find the source of the pollution causing algae blooms to grow in Lake Carson. “Water pollution happens when toxic substances enter water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans and so on, getting dissolved in them, lying suspended in the water or depositing on the bed. This degrades the quality of water.” (WWF Global) When the quality of water becomes bad it cannot be used for certain activities such as drinking, bathing, cleaning, cooking, and agricultural purposes. Also, poor water quality is harmful to animals and could kill them as a result. To add on, certain pollutants can be very harmful to an environment. “Household cleaners, lawn fertilizer, and runoff from farms contribute huge amounts of nutrients

Pollution in our Coastal Waterways What is Water pollution? Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies. Water pollution occurs when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Water pollution affects plants and other living things. (http://www.nrdc.org/water/). Did you know that around 70% of waste is poured or dumped into many bodies of water and therefore no usable to humans nor animals. Why are we using the waterways as our trash can? In this paper I want to discuss the different ways people pollute our Coastal Waterways and the extreme effects that it has on not only humans by a chain of food supply to other species.

The best way to protect local bodies of water is to give the resources necessary for professionals to analyze the patterns of the ecosystem 2. Currently, information from water testing is extremely scarce and many individuals within the government do not understand the necessity for water monitoring and watershed preservation3. Although there are various laws that work by directly protecting public health, many of these laws do not focus on protecting the entire ecosystem. Much of this negligence is a result of the economic drawbacks and regulations on human development that are required to preserve local bodies of water3. A major issue that greatly affects the entire ecosystem and watershed is climate change. The rapid changing of water parameters has caused many dangers for aquatic organisms and the surrounding environment4. To truly understand this impact, water monitoring is a necessity to preserving the ecosystem and protecting the health of all

Pollution Effects on Pelagic and Benthic Areas of the Ocean Biodiversity refers the existing variations present which form an ecosystem enabling human survival. However, the alteration of the world habitat has caused a shift in biodiversity. The role of ecologists is to ensure that there is no extinction of various species in the world due to reckless human behaviour. The maritime environment is among the worst hit areas as human activity creates an imbalance in the water levels. Factors such as dumping of human waste consisting of non-biodegradable materials are a causative factor for the possible mass extinction of marine plants and animals (Galgani et al. 45). Oil spills, overfishing, and shipping activities are further causes of adverse effects experienced. Human activity has over the years resulted in drastic climatic changes.

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water pollution affects plants and organisms living in these bodies of water; and, in almost all cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations, but also to the natural biological communities.