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    WHAT IS ECOSYSTEM An ecosystem consists of the biological community that occurs in some locale‚ and the physical and chemical factors that make up its non-living or abiotic environment. There are many examples of ecosystems -- a pond‚ a forest‚ an estuary‚ grassland.  The study of ecosystems mainly consists of the study of certain processes that link the living‚ or biotic‚ components to the non-living‚ or abiotic‚ components. Energy transformations and ecosystem components are the two main topics

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    Ecosystems – Grassland vs. Mountains Every single day‚ we breathe in air and take a look at the green grass‚ we taste the blue water‚ we subconsciously analyze the soil‚ feel grey rocks‚ look down on small insects‚ watch the growing trees‚ the flying birds‚ and even ourselves‚ the people. But all of these elements do not exist just to be there‚ they have a further important meaning interacting with organisms. We are talking about a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical

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    Reflective Critical Report In a one and a half hour PowerPoint lecture titled “Loss of biodiversity and ecosystem balance” by Professor Dale F. Webber the importance of biodiversity in our ecosystem was explained and an even more detailed observation of the major threats to the biodiversity were highlighted. Of the twenty four top causes‚ climate change‚ environmental degradation‚ conservation issues and exploitation of energy reserves were deemed the most contributing. With the exception

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    Introduction Ecosystem is similar to a community. It consists of species‚ living organisms and the abiotic factors‚ their habitat. Living organisms includes animals‚ plants‚ insects‚ micro-organisms. For their habitat‚ they are the non-living nature which are soil‚ sunlight‚ water‚ precipitation. There are two types of ecosystem. Terrestrial ecosystem which is on the land and aquatic ecosystem which is under the water. Over-breeding is the increase of offspring of a species to a excessive number

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    Environmental Impacts on Ecosystems Introduction An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants‚ animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air‚ water and mineral soil)‚ interacting as a system. These biotic and abiotic components are regarded as linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Ecosystems are controlled both by external and internal factors. Once outside factors affect these systems

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    Ecosystems at Risk Ecosystems and their functioning What is an ecosystem? Ecology – the science that examines the interactions between organisms and their living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) environment. Groups of organisms and their biophysical environment interact and exchange matter and energy. Ecosystem – the dynamic complex of plant‚ animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment as a functional unit. Ecosystems are dynamic; constantly changing and adapting

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    the functioning of TWO different ecosystems at risk.’ An ecosystem is the dynamic complex of plant‚ animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment as a functional unit. Ecosystems are systems through which incoming solar energy is captured and channelled through a hierarchy of life forms. Each ecosystem has its own characteristic plant and animal community. Nature of change refers to the natural or human induced change towards an ecosystem. Humans play a role in maintaining

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    Investigating the Control Dynamics of an Algae-Brine Shrimp Ecosystem 113437768 Introduction The purpose of this lab is to investigate whether an ecosystem consisting of marine algae and brine shrimp are controlled by top-down or bottom-up mechanisms. The terms top-down and bottom-up in the context of ecology describe which trophic levels are enforcing population pressures on the others. Thus‚ the top-down mechanism of control holds that consumers are responsible for determining the abundance of

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    they may even vanish from the ecosystem altogether. Similarly‚ over some time interval‚ other species within the community may become more abundant‚ or new species may even invade into the community from adjacent ecosystems. This observed change over time in what is living in a particular ecosystem is "ecological succession". why it occurs Every species has a set of environmental conditions under which it will grow and reproduce most optimally. In a given ecosystem‚ and under that ecosystem’s

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    Marine Ecosystem

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    on global warming‚ the fact remains that humans have an impact on the marine ecosystems through waste from chemicals and debris polluting this vast renewable resource. Based upon current scientific evidence‚ emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are projected to cause significant global climate change during the 21st century. Such climate change will create novel challenges for coastal and marine ecosystems that are already stressed from human development‚ land-use change‚ environmental

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