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| all the organisms living in a community AND all the abiotic factors with which they interact |
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| energy flow (through) and matter cycling (within) |
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| amount of light energy converted to chemicalby autotrophs |
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| limit of solar radiation hitting the earth |
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| limits the output of producers |
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| amount of chemical energy stored in chemical energy and available to consumers |
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| total primary production, not all GPP is stored in organic plant material |
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| primary aquatic producers |
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| only in the first meter, photic zone |
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nutrients
fresh-phosphorous
marine-nitrogen |
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| temperature and moisture and nutrients |
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essential
determines primary production and decomp.
driven by solar and winds
can go from unavailable to available |
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res- fossil fuels, oceans, animals
cellular respiration and decomp. |
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amino acids
plant nurtient
res- atmosphere
processes- nitrogen fixation, ammoniafication, nitrification
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nucleic acids, atp
res- rocks, soil, ocean
processes- weathering of rock and decomp |
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combustion of fossil fuels is the cause
oxides react with H2O
kills organisms, alters food web |
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get stored in fat and increase with biological magnification
greenhouse gases
chlorine is bad
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