ECOLOGY
by Purwaning Rohmah/BIO off A 2015 UM
HABITAT AND MICROHABITAT
What
is the difference between habitat and microhabitat?
1. Habitat is a ecological or environmental
area that inhabited by organism because it is best suited to their needs to
support their life, such as typical conditions of environmental factors
(temperature, humidity, sil structure, barometric pressure, etc.) and
resources (light, food, nesting sites and others).
2. Microhabitat
is part of habitat that has the most suitable physical requirements to suppot
organism’s life. A microhabitat is often a smaller habitat within a larger one
. The various species of animals that concentrate in the same habitat (=
cohabitation) will occupy each microhabitat.
The example:
1. Planaria
sp.
Habitat :
river
Microhabitat: under the rocks of the
river
2. Clown
fish
Habitat : sea water
Microhabitat : on the anemon
Source:
Soetjipta. 1993. Dasar-dasar Ekologi Hewan. Yogyakarta: Universitas Gadjah Mada.
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