Chapter+5

=Ecosystems and the Bioclimatic Environment =

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media type="custom" key="27807955" media type="youtube" key="ag5ATGEplbU" width="420" height="315" =Vocabulary:= 1. Food chains 2. Trophic levels 3. Producers 4. Consumers 5. Food web 6. energy flow 7. Detritivores 8. Energy attenuation 9. Respiration 10. Energy pyramid 11, Biotic 12. Abiotic 13. Photosynthesis 14. Net photosynthesis 15. Efficiency 16. Limiting factors 17. Optimum conditions 18. Tolerance thresholds 19. Climatic limitations 20. Terrestrial 21. Marine 22. Human influences 23. Biome types 24. Composition 25. Biological organization 26. Species diversity 27. Biomass 28. Organism 29. Species 30. Symbiosis 31. Mutualism 32. Commensalism 33. Parasitism 34. Predation 35. Biogeography 36. Decomposers 37. Global terrestrial 38. Marine 39. Elevation 40. Altitudinal zonation 41. Drainage networks 42. Watershed 43. Deltas 44, Succession theory 45. Pioneers 46, Successional stage 47. Climax community 48 Disturbance theory 49. Management implications 50. Human factors 51. Reduction 52. Fragmentation 53. Substitution 54. Simplification 55. Extinction 56. Contamination 57. Persistent chemicals 58. Bioaccumulation 59. Synergism 60. Overgrowth 61. Cultural eurotrophication 62. Nutrient pollution