SS205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pioneer Species, Air Mass, Biochemical Oxygen Demand
12 Feb 2019
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What is el nino/la nina? to succeed, can tolerate shade. Can take hundreds or even thousands of years to reach step 7: begins where a natural community has been disturbed, because soil is already present, this is life in the fast lane takes a few weeks. Less light is available, but better soil is there, so shade tolerant species out- compete the others eventually. Boundary between two air masses of different temperatures (warm front, cold front) 1 eastward instead, which warms up surface water to flood along north and south. America, which suppresses normal upwellings of cold, nutrient rich water. A strong one changes at least 2/3 of the globe"s weather. La nina opposite of el nino, cools coastal surface waters, and brings back upwellings. This means more atlantic hurricanes, warmer and drier winters in the. Terrestrial regions with characteristic plant and animal communities, caused by climates.
