How is phytoplankton primary production measured in aquatic environments?

Q: on what heterotrophs survival is depend?

A: Heterotrophs are the one who cannot synthesise their own food.

Q: By whom the secondary productivity is rate of formation of new organic matter?

A: The productivity in ecology is refers to the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem. It is…

Q: Do zooplankton have a compensation depth? If so, would it be above, below, or at the same level as…

A: The depth at which the production of carbohydrates and oxygen by photosynthesis equals the…

Q: What habitat characteristics govern the diversity and distributionof iron oxidizers?

A: Microorganisms or microbes are small living organisms that can be observed with the aid of…

Q: What is the role of stratification in phytoplankton growth?

A: Stratificarion is process of   placing of seeds close together in layers in moist sand or peat to…

Q: What problem is faced by organisms that live in fresh water?

A: Their bodies will in general take in a lot of water They have no chance to get of controlling their…

Q: How would turbidity affects the primary productivity of a pond?

A: Primary Productivity Is The Conversion Of The Sun's Energy By Into Organic Material. It Is…

Q: What are the traditional water harvesting system?

A: Since the planet is facing acute shortage of drinking water, Water harvesting is the need of the…

Q: What is marine snow? Why is it important in CO2 drawdown?

A: Marine snow is not snow that falls on the seas and oceans. It is related to organic matter in the…

Q: What three abiotic factors account for the rarity of trees in arctic tundra?

A: A biome refers to a community inhabited by particular flora and fauna that survives in the habitat…

Q: How Efficient Is EnergyTransfer in a Salt MarshEcosystem?

A: All living organisms require energy for growth, maintenance, and reproduction. Ecosystem is…

Q: What happened to the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem once oysters were overharvested?

A: Chesapeake Bay is an largest ecosystem present in United States. Oyster and crabs were a major…

Q: What are the four ways through which the living organisms respond to abioticfactors?

A: The abiotic components in an ecosystem include all the physical and chemical elements, which means…

Q: With reference to the geochemical cycles of this ecosystem, what particular is particularly limited…

A: The geochemical cycle is the process that builds a relationship between the geological parts with…

Q: What role (producer, consumer, or decomposer) do Cyanobacteria and algae play in nature?

A: Producers - These are organisms which are capable of creating simple carbohydrates such as glucose,…

Q: Could there be any advantage for a Phytoplankton cell to not minimize the sinking rate? Explain.

A: INTRODUCTION Microalgae, also known as phytoplankton, are similar to terrestrial plants in that they…

Q: Compare and contrast the processes of nitrificationand denitrification in terms of the organisms…

A: Bacteria are microorganism that most commonly occur in the soil, air, water and in adverse…

Q: How does MAR-FISH link microbial diversity and activity?

A: Micro-autoradiography (MAR), a microscopic technique defines microbial activity using radioisotopes.…

Q: How do organisms persist and thrive in Antactica? How do biotic and abiotic factors influence their…

A: Antarctica is a place where organisms are often subjected to combined stresses including…

Q: How efficient is energy transfer between trophic levels in foodwebs?

A: The efficient energy transfer between trophic levels in food webs follows certain rules. Here we…

Q: would an ecosystem be able to survive without the consumers and the decomposers and its ditritus…

A: The ecosystem mainly depends upon the abiotic factors such as solar radiation, ocean, climate,…

Q: Why are some microbial habitats unsuitable forplant and animal life?

A: Habitat is a natural environment occupied by all living organisms for the purpose of utilizing…

Q: In what kinds of marine environments can carbon be buried in large quantities?

A: Marine environments generally support the growth of marine life and it depends mostly on the…

Q: Which ecosystem has the maximum biomass?

A: The total amount of weight of organisms present in a particular area is called biomass.    The plant…

Q: What is the reason for highest biomass in aquatic ecosystem?

A: The ecosystem present in a water body is known as aquatic ecosystem. It is of two types, namely…

Q: At what rate can algae incorporate carbon in open pond system?

A: The most popular form of algae cultivation conditions is an open pond system, which is used to…

Q: What are indigenous microbes? Why are they important for bioremediation?

A: Microbes are organisms that are not visible to the unaided eyes, and a microscope is needed to…

Q: Why is it not possible to completely eliminate algae blooms from the water supply

A: A rapid increase in the algae population in an aquatic system usually characterized by water…

Q: How Bio film formation takeplace to destructand threatened theorganisms, also discuss its beneficial…

A: Biofilm is a complex aggregation of microorganisms that consists of multiple layers of cells…

Q: Which nutrient limits phytoplanktonproduction along the coast of Long Island?

A: Nutrition is study of nutrients in the food, their process, and relationship of health and disease.…

Q: By what benthic organisms are mostly affected?

A: Benthos is the organism community that lives on, near, or in the seabed, lake, river, or stream…

Q: What is eutrophication?

A: An ecosystem is defined as a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical…

Q: What are the ecological roles of psychrophiles and thermophiles?

A: Ecosystem is a biological macrosystem which forms the interacting relationship of the plant and…

Q: Identify and describe some wastewater treatment processes in which a detritus food web plays a role.

A: A detritus food chain is one that begins with dead organic materials. Microorganisms decompose dead…

Q: What are the basic needs of aquatic biota

A: Flora and fauna on earth are present in all three different habitats, i.e. the water, land, and air.…

Q: Describe the causes and consequences ofeutrophication

A: Eutrophication is an enrichment of water by nutrient salts that causes structural changes to the…

Q: What is aquaculture?

A: The method of sexual reproduction that produces offspring is called breeding. The care of offspring…

Q: What is the importance of gliding motility in theformation of marine chemolithotrophic mat systems?

A: Motility mat is multiple layers of microorganisms mainly archaea and bacteria. These grow at…

Q: Trace the treatment of wastewater in a typical plantfrom incoming water to release. What is the…

A: Sewage is the wastewater of the community. It is broadly classified as domestic and industrial.…

Q: To what extent do nutrients from terrestrialecosystems affect organisms in the lake?

A: INTRODUCTION: ECOSYSTEM is a self regulatory and self sustaining structural and functional unit of…

Q: In which habitat would you find a thermophile?

A: This question is about the thermophiles

Microbes

Microbes are microscopic living organisms that can only be detected with the help of specialized laboratory equipment called a microscope. These living organisms are so small that they are not visible to the naked eye.