Rivers and Springs
Ecology Project By Dr.Van and Dr.Martinez
Introduction
Rivers
Springs
Some Animals living in Rivers and Springs
Alligator Snapping Turtles
American Alligator
River Otter
Abotic Factors
- The Rivers and Springs ecosystem is an aquatic ecosystem
- The soil found in rivers and springs are sand, clay, and limestone
- The average temperatures are 68-72 degrees Farenheit year-round
- The Rivers and Springs ecosystem has freshwater
- The average humidity is 57-87% year round
- The rain gives the rivers and springs more water, and the wind blows the water downstream
- The Rivers and Springs get alot of sunlight, but some is covered by trees and other plants
- Nutrients come from the rain for the producers, and the producers for the consumers
- Major sources of pollution include trashbeing thrown into the rivers and liquids like beer and soda from the canoeing and kayaking in the rivers and springs
Beaver
Belted Kingfisher
River Cooter
Biotic Factors
- The major plants in this ecosystem include blackgum, bladderwort, buttonbush, cattail, cottonwood, pickerelweed, red maple, and wild rice.
- The animals in this ecosystem include the alligator snapping turtle, Amercan alligator, beaver, belted kingfisher, crayfish, dragonflies, Florida manatee, mayflies, river cooter, river otter, snails, and wood duck.
- The decomposers in this ecosystem include amoeba, mushrooms, and lichen.
Wood Duck
Florida Manatee
Snails
Negative Human Impacts On The Ecosystem
The Positive Impacts
Food Web
-American Alligator
Consumers
-Beaver
-River Otter
-American Alligator Snapping Turtle
-Wood Duck
-Manatee
-River Cooter
-Crayfish
-Belted Kingfisher
-Dragonflies
Producers
-Pickerel Weed
-Buttonbush
-Blackgum
-Wild rice
-Cattail
Decomposers
-Slugs
Snails
Wild rice
Pickerel Weed
Rivers
Florida's life blood
Endangered animals
American Alligator
Kingdom-Animalia
Phylum-Chordata
Class-Reptilia
Order-Crocodilia
Family-Alligatoridae
Subfamily-Alligatorinae
Genus-Alligator
Species-
- †Alligator mcgrewi
- †Alligator mefferdi
- Alligator mississippiensis
- †Alligator olseni
- †Alligator prenasalis
- Alligator sinensis
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Evidence Links
http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/US/annual-average-humidity-by-state.php
https://weatherspark.com/averages/29890/Crystal-River-Florida-United-States
http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Florida/humidity-annual.php
http://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/data/other-normals/relative-humidity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_alligator
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/american-alligator/