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| Toxic chemicals accumulate moving up trophic levels. |
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| Cyclic Photolytic Reaction |
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| Atmospheric CO2 --> Primary producers --> Consumers --> Dead organic matter --> Soil --> Atmosphere |
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| N2 --> Biological molecule |
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| Ammonification. Biological molecule --> NH4+ |
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| Plant absorption of NH4+ / NO3- |
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| NH4+ --> NO3- by bacteria (Nitrobacter). |
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| NO3- reduced to N2 by bacteria. |
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| System composed of interacting biotic and abiotic components. |
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| Weathering of mountains --> Soil --> Producers --> Consumers --> Decomposers |
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| Volcanic activity/industry --> Atmosphere --> Acid Rain --> Producers, etc. |
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| Group of different organisms living together. |
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| Filtering water, moderating climate, etc. |
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| Total amount of energy converted into organic matter. |
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| Gross primary production - energy used for organism's maintenance. |
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| The amount of useful work obtained from a unit amount of available energy. |
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| Organisms that use sunlight as energy source. |
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| Prokaryotes that utilize energy derived solely from chemical reactions. |
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| Organisms living in saltmarsh, seagrass, mangrove, wetlands, littoral zone. |
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| Organisms associated with the surface film on bodies of water. |
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| Can’t swim against current, free-floating, only vertical movement. |
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| Photosynthetic producers. |
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| Whole life cycle spent as plankton. |
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| Larva plankton, adult not. |
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| Bottom-most region of ocean in trenches. |
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| Epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic. |
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| New ocean material rises and pushes outward. |
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| Steep streams near source. |
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| Join together to make wider streams. |
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| Soil and underlying rock. |
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| Pools in atmosphere and ocean. |
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| Hydrothermal Vent Community |
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| Bacteria use H2S as energy source at bottom of food chain. |
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| Eat only part of prey, usually not lethal. |
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| Open surface zone in lake. |
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| Bottom of lake, very low light. |
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| Spring turnover and fall turnover. |
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