Polar Ecosystems: The Arctic
... Antarctica, is a continent, not a frozen sea. It’s also not enclosed by the continental shelves of other continents. Instead, it has its own continental shelf. The deepest & broadest ocean ring surrounds the Antarctic. For these reasons, the Antarctic ecosystem has differences & similarities com ...
... Antarctica, is a continent, not a frozen sea. It’s also not enclosed by the continental shelves of other continents. Instead, it has its own continental shelf. The deepest & broadest ocean ring surrounds the Antarctic. For these reasons, the Antarctic ecosystem has differences & similarities com ...
Tundra - AP Environmental Science at Seton
... Thick spongy mat of low growing plants ◦ grasses ◦ mosses ◦ lichens ◦ dwarf shrubs Animals and insects ◦ mosquitoes ◦ black flies ◦ birds ◦ polar bears ◦ arctic wolves and foxes ◦ caribou ◦ musk oxen Low diversity Low species richness High species evenness ◦ only a few species of plants an ...
... Thick spongy mat of low growing plants ◦ grasses ◦ mosses ◦ lichens ◦ dwarf shrubs Animals and insects ◦ mosquitoes ◦ black flies ◦ birds ◦ polar bears ◦ arctic wolves and foxes ◦ caribou ◦ musk oxen Low diversity Low species richness High species evenness ◦ only a few species of plants an ...