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Aquatic ecosystems include marine environments like oceans and freshwater systems like lakes, rivers, ponds, and wetlands. They provide resources to humans. Aquatic ecosystems have unique abiotic features like water quality, salinity, oxygen content, and flow. Common aquatic ecosystems are streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, coral reefs, and wetlands. Threats to aquatic ecosystems include water pollution, eutrophication, chemical pollution, contamination, overfishing, and developmental activities. A case study found that 40% of wetlands in Assam are threatened by weeds and development. Aquatic ecosystems can be conserved by preventing pollution, limiting dams, and protecting wetlands through sanctuaries and national parks.

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Aquatic Ecosystems: An Evs Presentation

Aquatic ecosystems include marine environments like oceans and freshwater systems like lakes, rivers, ponds, and wetlands. They provide resources to humans. Aquatic ecosystems have unique abiotic features like water quality, salinity, oxygen content, and flow. Common aquatic ecosystems are streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, coral reefs, and wetlands. Threats to aquatic ecosystems include water pollution, eutrophication, chemical pollution, contamination, overfishing, and developmental activities. A case study found that 40% of wetlands in Assam are threatened by weeds and development. Aquatic ecosystems can be conserved by preventing pollution, limiting dams, and protecting wetlands through sanctuaries and national parks.

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An EVS PRESENTATION

Aquatic
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BY :- VIKAS GOYAL

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What is an aquatic ecosystem?

The aquatic ecosystems constitute the marine environments of the


seas and the fresh water systems in lakes, rivers, ponds and
wetlands. These ecosystems provide human beings with a wealth of
natural resources.
In aquatic ecosystems, plants and animals live in water.
The special abiotic features are its physical aspects such as the
quality of the water, which includes its clarity, salinity, oxygen
content and rate of flow.
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R  Coral reefs are very rich in species and are found in only a few
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 River deltas are covered by mangrove forests and are among the
world’s most productive ecosystems in terms of biomass
production.

THE POND & LAKE ECOSYSTEM


As the pond fills in the monsoon a large number of food chains are
formed. Algae is eaten by microscopic animals, which are in turn
eaten by small fish on which larger carnivorous fish depend. These
are in turn eaten by birds such as kingfishers, herons and birds of
prey. Aquatic insects, worms and snails feed on the waste material
excreted by animals and the dead or decaying plant and animal
matter. They act on the detritus, which is broken down into
nutrients which aquatic plants can absorb, thus completing the
nutrient cycle in the pond. The temporary ponds begin to dry after
the rains and the surrounding grasses and terrestrial plants spread
into the moist mud that is exposed. Animals such as frogs, snails and
worms remain dormant in the mud, awaiting the next monsoon.
Stream and River Ecosystems
 Streams and rivers are flowing water ecosystems in which all
the living forms are specially adapted to different rates of flow
 The community of flora and fauna of streams and rivers
depends on the clarity, flow and oxygen content as well as the
nature of their beds.
 The stream or river can have a sandy, rocky or muddy bed,
each type having its own species of plants and animals.

Marine ecosystems
 The Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal
constitute the marine ecosystems around peninsular India.
 The shallow areas near Kutch and around the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands are some of the most incredible coral reefs in
the world. Coral reefs are only second to tropical evergreen
forests in their richness of species.
 The marine ecosystem is used by coastal fisherfolk for fishing
which forms their livelihood.
 Now with intensive fishing by using giant nets and mechanised
boats, fish catch in the Indian Ocean has dropped significantly.
How are aquatic ecosystems used?
 Drinking water
 Domestic uses
 Agriculture and industries
 Fisher folk use the aquatic ecosystems to earn a livelihood.
 Dams are built across rivers to generate electricity.
 While water from dams used for irrigation has lead to
economic prosperity in some areas, in semiarid areas that are
artificially irrigated the high level of evaporation leads to
severe salinisation as salts are brought up into the surface
layers of the soil. This makes such lands gradually more and
more saline and unproductive.

What are the threats to aquatic ecosystems?


 Water pollution occurs from sewage and poorly managed solid
waste in urban areas when it enters the aquatic ecosystem of
lakes and rivers.
 Sewage leads to a process called eutrophication, which
destroys life in the water as the oxygen content is severely
reduced.
 In rural areas the excessive use of fertilisers causes an increase
in nutrients
 Chemical pollution from industry.
 Contamination by heavy metals and other toxic chemicals
affects the health of people.
CASE STUDY
Threats to wetlands in Assam
 A survey conducted revealed that Almost 40% of all wetlands
in Assam are under threat due to invasion of aquatic weeds
and several developmental activities.
 The wetlands of Assam form the greatest potential source of
income for the State in terms of fisheries and tourism.
 This is primarily due to poor wetland management.

How can aquatic ecosystems be conserved?


 For sustainable use of an aquatic ecosystem, water pollution
must be prevented.
 Prevent building excessive dams on healthy rivers
 Aquatic ecosystems, especially wetlands, need protection by
including them in Sanctuaries or National Parks in the same
way in which we protect natural forests.

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