What is nutrient enrichment of an aquatic ecosystem?
Also, explain the difference between two lake classifications with regards to nutrient levels. Answer: Eutrophication is the nutrient enrichment of an aquatic ecosystem that can be classified a eutrophic and oligotrophic. Eutrophic lakes are nutrient rich and oligotrophic lakes are nutrient poor. State, in order from primary producer to top-predator, and describe each classification of plankton and fish with regard to lake ecosystem trophic cascades. Answer: -Phytoplankton: Algae, including greens, blue-greens, and diatoms -Zooplankton: Animal plankton, including rotifers, copepods, cladocerans, and many more -Planktivores: small fish including blue-gills, lake herring, whitefish, and more -Piscivores: Large fish including bass, adult salmonids, and more ^^ could continue to say: predatory birds and mammals like cormorants, otters, mergansers, dippers, etc.
