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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 August 2020 and 8 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Wiki limno.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 21:52, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I deleted the merge notice (with Limnology - please see talk:Limnology for the reasons. BlankVerse ∅ 10:29, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[Seriously][edit]

No ecological factors, whatsoever! Seriously? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:88:8104:D007:9538:D6D9:A6DA:E74A (talk) 01:32, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion about types of ecosystems[edit]

If anyone is watching this page, could you please help with improving the ecosystem article? We're discussing how the different types of ecosystems should be included there (if at all). I would like to see how this article would best interact with the other one. EMsmile (talk) 06:40, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Plan for this article's improvements (June 2021)[edit]

I'd like to work on improving this article. However, I am mindful of not duplication too much content across similar articles. This article has two sub-articles, which look very detailed and well developed (at first glance): lentic ecosystems and lotic ecosystems. One level higher than this article is the one on aquatic ecosystem. Some content about threats and solutions would therefore be the same across the three layers of articles. The tree structure would be: Ecosystem is the highest level, then aquatic ecosystem, then freshwater ecosystem, then lentic ecosystem and lotic ecosystem. What are your thoughts about the level of detail required for each? How can we make sure they fit together nicely in a tree structure, getting progressively more detailed / specific? EMsmile (talk) 02:04, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This would have been a good use of a Portal but they seem to be dying out, or even deprecated. --Northernhenge (talk) 20:12, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Categories[edit]

I've deleted "DEFAULTSORT:standing water Ecosystem" because it meant this page appeared in category lists under "S". I've also removed a blank pipe from "Freshwater ecology" because it meant that this page appeared outside of the alphabetical list. (That makes sense in the other piped categories where this page discusses the examples but isn't itself an example.) I'm just mentioning this here in case I've overlooked a rationale for the sorting. --Northernhenge (talk) 20:09, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Ecology[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2024 and 10 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Fishmansf4 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Mrb6789, User000017.

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Science[edit]

Fresh water ecosystem give an proper explaination 2409:4081:1D06:9AAF:5F0F:46F8:F132:81A1 (talk) 18:02, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Freshwater ecosystem for a full explanation. Velella ^{Velella Talk} 18:07, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Types[edit]

The paragraph "There are three basic types of freshwater ecosystems: Lentic (slow moving water, including pools, ponds, and lakes), lotic (faster moving water, for example streams and rivers) and wetlands (areas where the soil is saturated or inundated for at least part of the time)" appears in both the lead and the types section. I was wondering if this is an issue or anything because it is exactly copy and pasted. The citation appears on both the first and second instance but I was thinking the first instance could be deleted or shortened. Thoughts? Thanks, FS Fishy-Finns (talk) 15:38, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]