Answer» - Nearby pond or lake consists of three zones namely littoral zone, limnetic zone, and profundal zone.
- In the topmost littoral zone, the edge of a water body is home to snails, insects, several crustaceans, fishes and amphibians, and the eggs and larvae of dragonflies.
- Predators present are tortoise, snakes, and ducks.
- Adaptations : Several organisms have well developed sight, usually have dull and greyish bodies, and are fast swimmers.
- Limnetic zones contains fresh water fish, crustaceans like daphnia, cyclops, and small shrimps are present.
- Floating- plants like water hyacinth, wolfia, pistia along with algae are present.
- Adaptations seen in the plants this zone are presence of air space, leaves covered with wax, etc.
- In the profundal zone scavengers and predators for example crustaceans, crabs, fishes like eels and snails, turtles are present.
- They adapt themselves by feeding on dead animals that settle down.
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