Practise distinguishing spatial zonation from temporal succession, using transect and case-study evidence to explain soil development, diversity and resilience after disturbance.
Figure:Salinity variation in the Large Ocean Management Area
Figure:Water-surface temperature variation across the LOMA
Figure:temperature scale
Suggest one reason for the zonation seen in Figure: Water-surface temperature variation across the LOMA.
Figure:Beaver-dam succession sequence — panel A
Figure:Beaver-dam succession sequence — panel B
Figure:Beaver-dam succession sequence — panel C
Figure:Beaver-dam succession sequence — panel D
Suggest how an ecologist might measure the changes in one abiotic factor along a transect from a beaver marsh, through beaver meadow to the adjoining forest.
Figure:Stages of ecological succession after fire
Outline two reasons why the climax community in the succession model shown above is more stable than the intermediate community.
Distinguish between zonation and succession.
Outline two ways in which the food web is likely to change as a result of succession.
Outline two ways in which the soil quality in the pioneer stages of the succession model shown above will differ from that in the climax ecosystem.