EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The consumer species found in lentic habitats include worms, snails, amphibians, crustaceans, insects, reptiles, fish, and birds. Herbivorous groups such as snails, amphibian larvae, and crustaceans play an important role in controlling primary productivity and algal blooms.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lentic systems gain most of their energy from photosynthesis performed by aquatic plants and algae. This autochthonous process involves the combination of carbon dioxide, water, and solar energy to produce carbohydrates and dissolved oxygen.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term lentic (from the Latin lentus, meaning slow or motionless), refers to standing waters such as lakes and ponds (lacustrine), or swamps and marshes (paludal), while lotic (from the Latin lotus, meaning washing), refers to running water (fluvial or fluviatile) habitats such as rivers and streams.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biotic factors include all living organisms in a pond ecosystem, such as viruses, bacteria, plants and animals. An ecosystem can be organized into a food web, with organisms divided into trophic levels. Trophic levels separate organisms based on their diet and place in the food web.