ecotone

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13:23 Jun 29, 2009
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Science - Zoology
Additional field(s): Environment & Ecology, Fisheries
English term or phrase: ecotone
Definition from A Glossary of Marine Nature Conservation and Fisheries :
a narrow and fairly sharply defined transition zone between two or more communities (Allaby 1998); eg the different plankton communities that occur on opposite sides of fronts.

Example sentence(s):
  • Macroinvertebrate biomass was highest at an intermediate riparian ecotone complexity with an adequate supply of organic matter and incident light. Fish biomass followed the same trend, being lowest in heavily shaded areas and in open channels without riparian vegetation (range: 1-4.5 g m-2), but highest in ecotones of intermediate complexity (range: 1.6-92.8 g m-2). The cascading effect of invertebrate density depletion, which was inversely related to fish biomass, was observed seasonally. Wiley InterScience
  • The complexity and biological importance of riparian ecotones depend on the extent to which the system is self-regulating, which depends in turn on geology, physiography, climate, vegetation, human activity and the age of the system. Fish and riparian ecotones – a hypothesis
  • A common example of ecotones is estuaries—the transitional area between rivers and the oceans. The variety of species found in an estuary is much higher than in the river or in the shallow sea-water. BASICS OF ECOLOGY & LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
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ekoton


Definition from FP UNS:
Daerah peralihan atau pertemuan antara dua komunitas yang berbeda dan menunjukkan sifat yang khas.

Example sentence(s):
  • Komunitas ekoton umumnya mempunyai banyak organisme dari dua komunitas yang saling bertautan dan yang memperlihatkan ciri-ciri yang khas dan batas yang jelas antara ekoton dan tetangganya (di sampingnya). Dengan demikian, ekoton berisikan spesies yang lebih banyak dan kepadatan populasi yang sering lebih daripada komunitas di sampingnya. - FP UNS  
Wiyanto Suroso
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