Different Biomes of the world.

Description of each biome . . . Tropical rainforests are hot moist communities often located close to the equator. Tropical Rainforests receive anywhere from 60 to 160 inches of rain during the year. There warm climate and humid weather house a diverse group of plants and animals. There are over fifteen million different plants and animals in this environment.         Deserts of consist of dry arid land that receives little to no rainfall each year. There are many types of deserts. …

…The fittest individuals in these environments have many offspring and reproduce early. Daphnia are R selected species. water fleas, are small aquatic crustaceans forming one of the orders of the Branchiopoda. Most inhabit quiet fresh waters. Along with the rotifers and copepods they account for most of the freshwater zooplankton yet most of them are benthic. Most cladocerans are filter feeders that consume phytoplankton which they remove from the water using their setose thoracic appendages.