Question

Describe the seasonal cycle of production in a temperate nearshore marine environment.

Please provide an example.

Answer 1

There are certain variation in the seasonal cycle of production of the marine ecosystem. The production system of the marine ecosystem actually consists of the biological productivity. The main productivity which the marine are quite concerned about is related to the productivity of the organic material in order to support the ultimate consumers of sea which may be herbivores or carnivores.  

One of the significant example related to cycle of production in this case is plankton, which vary based on some of the key parameters like the change in latitudes reflects on the temperature and light. Things works completely different based on the seasonal production whether it is winter shows complete darkness and in summer there are long hours of light. The growth of the phytoplankton actually takes place during the winter season enhance the distribution of nutrition, supports the growth of the phytoplankton. In the season of autumn which is considered as the peak time to produce the phytoplankton. At the time of summer, they release eggs where the meroplanktonic component is quite higher in this particular time. The production changes due to the change in certain factors which are the propensity of fresh water, change in current along with that the most obvious change in season creates impact on the entire reproduction process.