Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Dissolved Oxygen Part 2


Dissolved oxygen is needed to survive. Two ways that dissolved oxygen can come from is contact with the atmosphere and plants in water. Carbon dioxide and oxygen works in a cycle in the aquatic ecosystem. Plants produce the oxygen, then animals use it. After the animals use oxygen, they produce carbon dioxide. The plants then take in the carbon dioxide animals’ produce. So both plants and animals work off of each other. It is a constant cycle of producing and using by interchanging who uses what. However, at night the dissolved oxygen levels decrease. This is due to the sunlight not being present. No sunlight means no photosynthesis being produced. This is why dissolved oxygen levels are decreased at nighttime.  

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