The term lotic comes from Latin lotus meaning washing. It is a running water bodies such as streams and rivers. Lotic or flowing ecosystem is river channels and other related aquatic environments creek, brook, spring, or stream. They vary in size and shape. It includes small waterfalls to various big sized river water bodies. This … Read more
Pond is a small body of stagnant water which is smaller than a lake. Ponds can be either nature-created or man-made. The marsh, aquatic plants and various aquatic animals live mainly in the pond water. Various animals depends on the water level of the pond, food level, presence of plants, presence of harmful animals, confirmation … Read more
Ancyclostoma duodenele is a parasitic nematode worm which is commonly known as old world hookworm. The anterior end of the worm is bent dorsally and thus the name hook worm. It has wide geographical distribution but mostly found in tropical regions. The adult worms live in the small intestine particularly in jejunum, less often in … Read more
The word Limnology comes from two Greek words. Greek ‘Limnos’ means lake or submerged body of water and Greek ‘Logos; means knowledge. Therefore, the search for knowledge on the lake is the main topic of limnology. From the origin of this branch to the present day, various scientists have defined limnology in different ways. Below … Read more
An algal bloom occurs in freshwater or marine ecosystem when the population of phytoplankton rapidly increases. You can easily recognize the algal bloom by observing the water color. In this case, pigments of phytoplankton produce the water discoloration. In the aquatic ecosystem, many photosynthetic organisms such as seaweed and unicellular organisms such as cyanobacteria grow … Read more
Based on the need for subsurface habitat or living independently, different organisms in the stagnant water environment are classified. Organisms that need the bottom of a reservoir to live are called pedonic organisms, while organisms that can live independently are called limnetic organisms. Biotic communalities of lakes and ponds mean biota that live together and … Read more