Membrane ion channels that play important roles in generation of the action potential:

T (transient) channels 

L (long-lasting) channels

Voltage gated potassium ion channel

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Ecotones - An ecotone is a zone of junction or a transition area between two biomes (diverse ecosystems).

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Mangrove forests - between marine and terrestrial  ecosystem

Grassland - between forest and desert 

Estuary - between fresh water and salt water

Riverbank or marshland - between dry and wet

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The organisms which occur primarily or most abundantly in this zone are known as Edge species. Density of birds is greater in the ecotone between the forest and the desert.

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Ecocline is a zone of gradual but continuous change from one ecosystem to another when there is no sharp boundary between the two in terms of species composition.