M/O in 'liquid'
M/O in marine
M/O in benthic marine environment
benthos = seafloor + thermal vents
Aquatic viruses
Virioplankton
M/O in open ocean
Proteorhodopsin will supply ATP
Cyanobacteria for fixing nitrogen
Oligotrophic environment
salt marshes model
Winogradsky columns
estuaries & salt marshes
M/O ins freshwater
M/O in lakes
Temperature
Hypolimnion
Thermocline
Epilimnion
Deep lakes
pelagic zone
littoral zone
Nutrient status
eutrophic
oligotrophic
Stream & rivers
Ability process organic matter limited
Diurnal oxygen shifts
Eutrophic
non-point sources of pollution
point sources of pollution
Nutrients
out-stream sources (allochthonous)
in-stream production (autochthonous)
lentic
lotic
glaciers & permanent frozen lakes
chemosynthetic community
polar ice caps = Antartica, Artic
M/O in water
Nutrient cycling
phytoplankton (including picoplankton)
Light
photoic zone
Gases
N2,H2,CH4
CO2
O2
