Aquatic Ecosystem



Title

Constructing an Ecosystem Containing Biotic and Abiotic Components in a Jar That Is Stable and Self-Sustaining Without any Biotic Dying

Abstract

A self-sustaining aquatic ecosystem is assembled inside a glass jar. Plants and other living organisms such as snail and mayfly as decomposers and consumers are put inside to bring about balance in aquatic ecosystem. Floating plants and rooted plants for the purpose of making oxygen inside the jar are used along with sunrays to and sunrays are used for driving the aquatic ecosystem inside the glass jar. The experiment is conducted on the basic hypothesis of “Constructing an Ecosystem Containing Biotic and Abiotic Components in a Jar That Is Stable and Self-Sustaining Without any Biotic Dying”. A written description of the periodic results of 4 weeks together with figures and or/tables are included.

Introduction

Ecosystem is a specific place where living things interact with nonliving things. Human beings, animals, plants and other organisms are parts of the living environment. Some parts of the environment are not alive. Sunlight, air, water, soil, and minerals, are parts of the nonliving or physical environment. Let's find out how interactions of organisms with one another and with their environment. A community of plants and animals that live together are related in some ways. No organism can live alone. Neither animals nor plants can survive by themselves. Plants need animals and animals need plants (Chaloner & Wotton, 2011, Pp. 751).

Both animals and plants need us as we need them. Human needs plants that serve the food and plants need human that produce carbondioxide in allows them to survive. For example, a colony of insects may have a tree as its home. The insects may feed on the leaves and fruits of a tree. Some birds that live in the same tree may feed on the larva of the insects are related to the birds because they provide food for the birds. The tree is also related to the birds because it provides a nesting place for them (David, 2007, Pp. 243).

In aquatic ecosystem, interaction of living organisms takes place with a body of water. Aquatic ecosystem describes the relationship and interaction between animals and plants within an aquatic environment. Aquatic systems exist in rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and oceans etc. Gaining understanding about the different components aquatic systems are made from helps us to comprehend the contribution each component makes to the ultimate survival of aquatic ecosystem and its surroundings. Biotic components in aquatic ecosystem are living things which shape the overall ecosystem. Living things in aquatic ecosystem such as fishes, shrimps and plants affects other living organisms living in the same ecosystem, one of the ways they affect each other is consumption (Milligan & Humphries, 2010, Pp. 1877).

Small fishes are eaten by big fishes and the plants are eaten by all sizes of fishes for their ultimate survival and their need to gain 'energy', which is another crucial thing which is required to make an aquatic ecosystem self-sustaining. A-biotic components which are also called A-biotic factors ...