dodao bih svoje mišljenje:
biotop je kao pojam vrlo rastezljiv. Pa tako Wikipedia kaže:
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biotope is an area of uniform environmental (physical) conditions providing habitat(s) for a specific assemblage of
plants and
animals. Used in this sense, "biotope" is really synonymous with the term "
ecosystem". However, some ecologists would limit the term to encompassing only physical environmental factors; essentially meaning:
the habitat of a community of organisms. Thus, a species has a certain habitat, but the group of species that share an ecosystem with that species, share a
biotope. Just as a habitat is the place where a species is found, so a biotope is the place where a specific
biological community is found.
Biotope aquarium
The term "biotope" is also used in the aquarium fish hobby to describe an
aquarium setup that tries to simulate the natural
habitatof specific fishes. The idea is to replicate conditions such as water
temperature, natural plants, water type (fresh, salt, hybrid of the
two), lighting, and other native fish that represent a particular
real-world biotope.
Dakle, vrlo ugrubo "biotop" je otprilike isto što i ekosistem.
Međutim, mislim da je među akvaristima pojam shvaæen puno uže, i svodi se na imitaciju toèno određenog isjeèka nekog vodotoka ili područja vodotokova, dakle vizualnu i sadržajnu kopiju tog isjeèka prirode u što veæem broju detalja. Što je broj detalja veæi, to i akvarij ima veæu "biotopnu" vrijednost.
Svako odstupanje, recimo nasađivanje biljke iz Tajlanda u biotop Bornea, smanjuje "biotopnu" vrijednost. Ali to je i dalje biotopni akvarij, ali sada veæ Jugoistoène Azije, a ne Bornea...
Zato se niti jedan biotop tipa "Jugoistoèna Azija", "Afrika", "Središnja Amerika" i sl. ne može "opisati", jer kao takav sastoji se od mnoštva "užih" biotopa, koji se opet mogu secirati na još manje cjeline.
Ali sigurno je da je bavljenje biotopima prva viša stepenica u bavljenju akvaristikom.
Edited by: SandmanRI