The water world beneath KA’AETÉ
A flooded forest floor, a visible stream and low-flow refuges form one connected aquatic landscape.
Flow creates neighbourhoods
Fast and slow water are not opposites to choose between. Together they create different feeding, resting and oxygen conditions within the same aquarium.
The shoreline is a transition zone
Wet roots, leaf litter and exposed surfaces connect aquatic and terrestrial processes. It is one of the places where two worlds overlap most strongly.
Water changes the air above it
Evaporation links the aquarium to the climate of the upper world. Airflow and temperature determine how strongly that connection is felt.
Detritus becomes habitat
Leaves and fine organic material provide food and surface area for biofilm and small organisms. A ‘messy’ forest floor can be biologically rich.
Read the water, not just the aquarium
Discover gills, currents and why animals choose different places in the same water.
Connect temperature, dissolved oxygen, flow, biofilm and decomposition.
Explore redox, nitrogen cycling, oxygen demand, daily rhythms and spatial gradients.
Inhabitants of the water world
Documented species photos where available, supplemented with naturalistic species illustrations.
