Biotic Component
Habit or Type
Number
Distribution pattern
Physical factors affecting organism
Autotrophs
Plants
Ixora
Capsicum frutescens
Ananas comosus
Dracaena reflexa
Basella rubra
Papaya
Allium cepa
Bougainvillea
Ocimum basilicum
Allium sativum
Tarragon
Sweet potato
Moringa oleifera
Taro
Pandan
Anethum graveolens
Cranberry
Phaseolus lunatus
Plectranthus scutellarioides
Curcuma longa
shrub herb herb shrub herb tree herb vine herb
herb
herb tree herb herb herb
shrub herb shrub
herb
many many many many many few many few many
many
many few many many many
many many many
many
clumped clumped uniform clumped clumped random clumped clumped clumped
clumped
clumped clumped clumped clumped clumped
clumped clumped clumped
clumped
light intensity, air, soil, water, relative humidity, wind velocity, temperature
Heterotrophs
Macroconsumers ants spider bees bird fly grasshopper dragonfly omnivore carnivore herbivore omnivore omnivore herbivore carnivore
many few few few many few few
clumped random clumped random random random random
air, water, light, soil, temperature, wind, humidity
Figure 1a. Food web for artificial ecosystem.
Table 1b. Biotic components of the stream ecosystem.
Biotic Component
Habit or Type
Number
Distribution pattern
Physical factors affecting organism
Autotrophs
Plants mosses Andrographis paniculata
Other autotrophs phytoplankton lichens
herb herb plankton composite many few many many clumped random clumped clumped ph, oxygen level, availability of light, temperature, wave velocity, air, water
Heterotrophs
Macroconsumers water strider spider zooplankton
Microconsumers mushroom carnivore carnivore herbivore
decomposers
few few many
few
random random clumped
clumped
water, temperature, air, wave velocity
temperature, relative humidity, water, light