Luntic ecosystems: What are and examples

The different Types of aquatic ecosystems We can classify them into two large groups, depending on whether they are constituted by water or sweet water. Let’s see, then, all types of natural water ecosystems that we can find around the world.

Marine aquatic ecosystems (salt water)

• Seas
• Oceans
• Marshmas

In this other post we talk more about what are the water ecosystems of salt water and their characteristics.

Fresh water aquatic ecosystems

• Rivers and streams
• Lakes and lagoons
• Swamps
• Wetlands

Here you can learn more about fresh water aquatic ecosystems, their characteristics and examples.

Within this classification of fresh water aquatic ecosystems, if we attend to the “behavior” of water inside the ecosystem, we can also distinguish between LOTIC ECOSYSTEMSin which its waters continue their course towards only one direction (rivers and streams), and the lentic ecosystemsthose that have a closed structure, in which its waters are permanently stagnant (lakes and lagoons, swamps and wetlands).

In the following section we will focus exclusively on knowing in detail the main characteristics of lentic ecosystems.

Luntic ecosystems are those Fresh water aquatic systems in which, due to its closed structure, Its waters remain stagnant. These are interior aquatic systems in which no current flow between its waters is given.

Throughout the life cycle of lentic ecosystems it is slowly decreasing its depth, until it disappears, at which time they have abundant vegetation. When droughts persist or during the summer months, many lentic ecosystems get to dry, because rainwater is the only source of water income they receive and that allows them to renew the water they present stagnant.

In all lentic ecosystems we can distinguish three well -marked areas:

• LITORAL AREA: It is the area closest to the land region, with a large number of species of flora and fauna. It has very little depth and receives a lot of sunlight. The living beings that inhabit in this area of ​​the lective ecosystem have a lot of oxygen and nutrients at their disposal, thus favoring the dynamism that characterizes the coastal zone.
• Lymetic zone: It is located in the center of the ecosystem, being the intermediate region in which the greatest amount of fish that constitute the lective ecosystem inhabit.
• Deep zone: It barely has sunlight and is characterized by sediments that are deposited in the background and by the presence of some fish and mollusks.

Now that we have seen what lentic ecosystems and their main characteristics are, let’s learn more about some examples of these in the following section.

The different lentic ecosystems have differences in their depth and dimensions, which at the same time is directly related to the amount of biodiversity they house. These are the different examples of lentic ecosystems that we find in nature:

Lakes and lagoons

They are the most representative lentic ecosystems and have a medium-large extension, as well as with a depth that reaches 2,000 meters in some deep lakes.

In this other article we tell you more about these types of ecosystems explaining the difference between lake and lagoon and its characteristics.

Wetlands and swamps

Both are characterized by being very shallow, which is directly related to the large number of plant species that house, as well as amphibians and reptiles.

Ponds

They are artificial lentic aquatic ecosystems, since they are created by the human being with the objective of storing water in closed structures for some specific purpose, such as fish breeding.

Puddles

They are aquatic ecosystems with smaller stagnant waters. These lentic ecosystems are ideal to provide water to animals from various groups that are grazing, flying over or simply traveling the surroundings of the puddle.

Esteros

These lentic ecosystems have the appearance of a large swamp. They are normally formed due to the overflow of a river or lagoon during the winter and strong rains, leaving the waters stagnant in the flat areas that constitute the estuary.

The main differences between lentic ecosystems and lobal ecosystems are two: their movement or behavior and their main areas or parts in which they are divided.

Behavior of lentic and lobal ecosystems

As we have discovered throughout this article, the main characteristic of lentic ecosystems is that its waters always remain stagnant, without any flow or currents. In contrast, the waters of the lobal ecosystems are of great dynamism, characterized by flowing in a single direction mainly.

Parts of the lentic and lobal ecosystems

On the other hand, we have already seen how lentic ecosystems have three areas in their structure (limitic and deep coastline), while the lobicians are constituted by a rapid area (very rapid water currents that prevent the deposition of materials in the lower areas) and the backward area (located in depth, with water currents of greater slowness and in which various sediments accumulate, such as sediment, such as sediment, such as sediment, such as sediment, such as sediment, such as sediment, such as sediment. silt).

In this image you can see more information about the differences between the lobal and lentic ecosystems and in this other ecology article you can find more information about the lentic ecosystems: what are and examples.

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