ABIOTIC FACTORS IN AN

INTERTIDAL ZONE AND

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM
 A group of organisms of
POPULATI the same kind live
ON
together as a group.
 Is formed when A
Communit population interacts with
y
other populations.
 Is formed when the community
interacts with air, water, soil,
sunlight and other nonliving
Ecosystem things in its surroundings.
Ecosystem

Biotic Abiotic
(living) (nonliving)
  Are home to many inds of marine
Intertida animals and birds.

l Zones  These areas which are constantly

exposed to the changing tides.
 Areas where sea water meets
the fresh water from the rivers
Estuarie and also a home to many kinds

s of animals.
These areas are also called as
the “nursiries of the seas.”
 Refer to the movement of
WAVES
the surface of water.
  Refers to the amount of salt in the
water.

Salinity  Plants like mangroves have

adjustedwell to the constantly
changing salinity of water.
Temperatur  Refers to the level of hotness or
e coldness of water.
 -Amount of These are other abiotic factors
Sunlight in an itertidal zone and
-Type of Soil estuaries.
Brackis  The type of water in estuaries which is a

h mixture of freshwater and saltwater.

 ESTUARIES
SALINITY
MANGROVE
TEMPERATURE
WAVES

DELTA

ECOSYSTEM
BRACKISH
ABIOTIC
INTERTIDAL