Home
Class 11
BIOLOGY
What is the significance of stratificati...

What is the significance of stratification in lakes ?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Temperature variations occur with seasonal changes temperature regions. These differences in the temperature form thermal layers in water. These phenomena are called thermal stratification.
During autumn (also called fall), the epilimnion cools down and the surface water becomes (Spring heavy when the temperature iş `4^(@)C` and sinks to the bottom of the lake. Overturns bring about .uniform temperature in lakes during that period. This circulation during the autumn is known as the fall or autumn overturn. The upper oxygen rich water S Epilimnion reaches the hypolimnion and the nutrient rich Thermocline bottom water comes to the surface. Thus there is Autumn uniform distribution of nutrients and oxygen in the Hypolimnion Jake. In spring season the temperatures start rising Stratification in temperate lakes when it reaches `4^(@)C,` the water becomes more dense and heavy and sinks to the bottom, taking oxygen rich water to the bottom. The upper oxygen rich water sinks down and bottom nutrient rich water reaches the surface.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

    VIKRAM PUBLICATION ( ANDHRA PUBLICATION)|Exercise LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS |7 Videos
  • ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

    VIKRAM PUBLICATION ( ANDHRA PUBLICATION)|Exercise IMPORTANT QUESTIONS |45 Videos
  • ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

    VIKRAM PUBLICATION ( ANDHRA PUBLICATION)|Exercise IMPORTANT QUESTIONS |45 Videos
  • ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATION, SUCCESSION AND ECOLOGICAL SERVICES

    VIKRAM PUBLICATION ( ANDHRA PUBLICATION)|Exercise TEXTUAL EXERCISE |8 Videos
  • HISTOLOGY AND ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

    VIKRAM PUBLICATION ( ANDHRA PUBLICATION)|Exercise IMPORTANT QUESTIONS |7 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

What is the significance of meiosis?

What is the significance of vacuole in a plant cell?

What is the significance of leaching in the extraction of aluminium ?

What is the significance of leaching in the extraction of aluminium?

What is the significance of the adreanal gland in the human body ?

What is the significance of spin quantum number in electronic structure of an atom.

VIKRAM PUBLICATION ( ANDHRA PUBLICATION)-ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT -SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
  1. The individuals who have fallen through the ice and been submerged und...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. What is summer stratification ? Explain.

    Text Solution

    |

  3. What is the significance of stratification in lakes ?

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Explain Vant' Hoff rule.

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Unlike mammals the reptiles cannot tolerate environmental fluctuations...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. How do terrestrial animals protect themselves from the danger of dehyd...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. How do marine animals adapt to hypertonic sea water?

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Discuss the various type of adaptations in fresh water animals.

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Compare the adaptations of animals with fresh water and sea waer mode ...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Distinguish between eurthaline and stenohaline animals.

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Many tribes living in high altitude of Himalayas normally have higher ...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. An orchid plant is growing on the branch of mango tree. How do you des...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Predation is not an association. Support the statement.

    Text Solution

    |

  14. What is the ecological principle behind the biological control method ...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Discuss competitive release

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Write a short note on the parasitic adaptations.

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Explain brood parasitism with a suitable example

    Text Solution

    |

  18. How do predators act as biological control ?

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Write notes on the structure and functioning of an ecosystem.

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Explain the different types of aquatic ecosystems ?

    Text Solution

    |