MARINE BIOMES

GENERAL CLIMATE FACTORS

• Warmer if closer to equator
• Colder if closer to north and south poles

ABIOTIC FEATURES OF THE BIOME

• Sodium chloride
• Salinity
• Light
• Organic substances(vitamins, dead marine life)
• Dissolvable gasses (carbon dioxide, oxygen, hydrogen)

BIODIVERSITY OF THE BIOME

• Coral reef
• Algae
• Seaweeds, seegrasses
• Mangrove forest
• Sea animals