Fig. 52-2

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Fig. 52-2
Organismal ecology
Population ecology
Community ecology
Ecosystem ecology
Landscape ecology
Global ecology
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Fig. 52-10d
Global Air Circulation and Precipitation Patterns
60ºN
30ºN
Descending dry air absorbs moisture
Descending dry air absorbs moisture
0º (equator)
Ascending moist air releases moisture
30ºS
0º
60ºS
23.5º
23.5º
30º
30º
Arid zone
Arid zone
Tropics
Global Wind Patterns
66.5ºN (Arctic Circle)
60ºN
Westerlies
30ºN
Northeast trades
Doldrums
0º (equator)
Southeast trades
30ºS
Westerlies
60ºS
66.5ºS (Antarctic Circle)
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Fig. 52-11
Labrador current
Gulf stream
Equator
water
Warm
Cold water
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Fig. 52-13
Leeward side of mountain
Wind direction
Mountain range
Ocean
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Fig. 52-18h
Open ocean off the island of Hawaii
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Fig. 52-18g
Rocky intertidal zone on the Oregon coast
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Fig. 52-16
Intertidal zone
Oceanic zone
Neritic zone
Littoral zone
Limnetic zone
0
Photic zone
200 m
Continental shelf
Pelagic zone
Benthic zone
Aphotic zone
Photic zone
Pelagic zone
Benthic zone
Aphotic zone
2,0006,000 m
Abyssal zone
(a) Zonation in a lake
(b) Marine zonation
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Fig. 52-18c
Okefenokee National Wetland Reserve in Georgia
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Fig. 52-19
Tropical forest
Savanna
Desert
Chaparral
30ºN
Temperate grassland
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Temperate broadleaf forest
Tropic of Capricorn
Northern coniferous forest
30ºS
Tundra
High mountains
Polar ice
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Fig. 52-14
Current range
Predicted range
Overlap
(b) 6.5ºC warming over next century
(a) 4.5ºC warming over next century
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Fig. 52-15
Lakes
Coral reefs
Rivers
Oceanic pelagic and benthic zones
Estuaries
30ºN
Intertidal zones
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
30ºS
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Fig. 52-21a
A tropical rain forest in Borneo
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Fig. 52-21c
A savanna in Kenya
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Fig. 52-21b
A desert in the southwestern United States
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Fig. 52-21d
An area of chaparral in California
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Fig. 52-21e
Sheyenne National Grassland in North Dakota
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Fig. 52-21f
Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado
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Fig. 52-21g
Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North
Carolina
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Fig. 52-21h
Denali National Park, Alaska, in autumn