In South America it includes the scrub ecotone between forest and paramo. Forest - Forest biomes are dominated by trees, otherwise forest biomes can vary widely in amount of precipitation and seasonality. Temperate forest - Forests occuring at temperate latitudes (>23.5 degrees N or S latitude). read more
Aquatic Biomes. Pelagic - An aquatic biome consisting of the open ocean, far from land, does not include sea bottom (benthic zone). Benthic - Referring to an animal that lives on or near the bottom of a body of water. Also, an aquatic biome consisting of the ocean bottom below the pelagic and coastal zones. read more