ENV200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Temperate Climate, Biome, Benthos
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Boreal forests evergreen (losing leaves seasonally) occur where rainfall is plentiful lose leaves in winter coniferous (cone-bearing) grow in wide range of environmental conditions often occur where moisture is limited wettest coastal forests cool, rainy, often with fog. Lie north of the temperate zone enough rain to support abundant grass but not forests dry environments can support drought-adapted shrubs and trees (called mediterranean treeless below freezing most of the year high latitudes growing season of 2-3 months. Wetlands are described by their vegetation depend on photosynthetic organisms phytoplankton: tiny, free-floating photosynthetic algae based on microbes that capture sulfur compounds released from thermal vents on support rich, diverse communities coral reefs diverse, beautiful organisms. Mangroves salt-tolerant trees, grow along warm marine coasts. Estuaries bays where rivers empty into the sea, mixing fresh and salt water. Insects and invertebrates make up more than half of all known species.
