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Ecosystem Analysis
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Ecosystem Analysis: Understanding the Interplay of Organisms and Environment, Slides of Ecology and Environment
An introduction to the concept of ecosystems, their structure, function, and the interaction between biotic and abiotic components. It discusses the importance of ecosystems, their size and complexity, and the role of autotrophs and heterotrophs in the ecosystem. Woodbury's (1954) contribution to the understanding of ecosystems is also highlighted.
What you will learn
- What is the definition of an ecosystem?
- What are the major components of an ecosystem?
- How do autotrophs and heterotrophs contribute to an ecosystem?
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Structure
Function
Types
Ecosystem Analysis
Ecosystem Productivity
The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environmental surroundings. It is the basic functional unit of organisms and their environment interacting with each other and with their own components.
- (^) Ecosystem is the major ecological unit
- (^) It can be very small (a pool) to very large (a river) in area or volume
- (^) Complex structure…. Greater species diversity
- (^) All the ecosystems in the earth are connected to each other
- (^) Self sufficient ecosystem is rarely found in nature
The description of the organisms and physical features of environment including the amount and distribution of nutrients in a particular habitat.
(^) Inorganic compounds Soil Water Oxygen CO Phosphates ……………….
(^) Organic compounds By-products of organic activities and deaths
(^) Autotrophs Food manufacturing- green plants (^) Heterotrophs Taking food from autotrophs- non- green plants and animals