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05 Ecosystem Ecology
05 Ecosystem Ecology
05 Ecosystem Ecology
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Primary Production
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Visualizing Matter & Energy
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Primary Production made by Primary Producers
Gross primary productivity is the total
amount of energy that producers convert to
chemical energy in organic molecules per unit
of time.
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Primary Production
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Net Product Pyramid
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Trophic Level Human Population
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Biomass Pyramids
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Pyramid of Numbers
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Energy Transformation
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Biogeochemical Cycle
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Nitrogen Cycle
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Phosphorus Cycle
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Water Cycle
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Carbon Cycle
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Nutrient Cycling
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Now that we have examined the flow of
energy and the cycling of matter, lets
examine biomes from the biosphere.
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Aquatic Biome Distribution
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Lake Stratification
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Zonation
Marine Zonation
Lake Zonation
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Freshwater
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Wetlands & Estuaries
Transitional Zones
between
freshwater and
marine. This water
tends to be a mix
of both depending
on its geographic
location. The
water is often
referred to as
brackish
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Marine Biomes
Tide Zone
Coral Reef
Benthos
Black Smoker
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Terrestrial Biomes
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Tropical Rain Forest
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Savanna
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Desert
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Chaparral- also called Scrubland
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Temperate Grasslands
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Temperate Forest
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Taiga
Also called Coniferous or
Boreal Forest
1. precipitation usually snow
2. conifers like spruce, fir,
hemlock
3. soil acidic and forms
slowly
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Tundra
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Biosphere
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What happens when a cycle is out of balance?
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Oligotrophic Lake
Eutrophic
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Eutrophication- The Algal Bloom
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Experimental Data
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Answers to Previous Slides
Station 1
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Created by:
Susan Ramsey
VASS
Notable contributions by S. Meister