Tropical biome classifications are mainly based on climate, the structure and function of plant communities, and soil type, with climate being the most frequently used criterion. The most common climate classification systems are the Kppen-Geiger system, which is composed of 5 groups, and Holdridge...
For example, terrestrial and aquatic animals obtain oxygen in different ways—and thus the geographic ranges of most air-breathing animals do not coincide with large marine or freshwater environments. Similarly, the geographic ranges of the overwhelming majority of fishes do not include terrestrial ...
These processes are inter-related: For example, dust is produced on the land and blown up into the atmosphere where it affects the amount of sunlight falling on Earth. Dust can also be dissolved in the ocean, where it affects marine life. This in turn changes both the amount of carbon ...
(that is, the number of species in a given area). On this account, 142 of the regions chosen are terrestrial, 53 freshwater, and 43 marine. Furthermore, in response to the threat posed byhabitat loss, theUnited Nationsconsiders more than 200,000 protected areas, which the organization ...
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