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| energy "flows" from sun to ecosystem and leaves as heat |
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-energy in universe is constant
-energy is neither created or destroyed
-energy changes form through organisms
-not 100% efficient |
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-usable for energy
-Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) |
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Gross primary production (plants) - respiration = Net primary production - (herbivore) egestion, assimilation, respiration = NSP - (carnivore) egestion, assimilation, respiration = NTP
primary producer -> primary consumer -> secondary consumer
plants=autotroph
animal=heterotroph
-energy boxes decrease rapidly |
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| trophic pyramid and biological magnification |
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| -energy decreases and toxins increase rapidly up the pyramid |
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