Key Terms Related to Ecosystems and the Biosphere
This text highlights key terms important for the study of ecosystems and the biosphere.
Topics
- abyssal zone
- acid rain
- algal bloom
- apex consumer
- aphotic zone
- arctic tundra
- autotroph
- benthic realm
- biogeochemical cycle
- biomagnification
- biome
- boreal forest
- canopy
- channel
- chaparral
- chemoautotroph
- coral reef
- cryptofauna
- dead zone
- detrital food web
- ecosystem
- ecosystem services
- emergent vegetation
- equilibrium
- estuary
- eutrophication
- fallout
- food chain
- food web
- grazing food web
- gross primary productivity
- hydrosphere
- intertidal zone
- neritic zone
- net primary productivity
- non-renewable resource
- oceanic zone
- pelagic realm
- permafrost
- photic zone
- photoautotroph
- planktivore
- primary consumer
- producer
- resilience (ecological)
- resistance (ecological)
- savanna
- secondary consumer
- source water
- subduction
- subtropical desert
- temperate forest
- temperate grassland
- tertiary consumer
- trophic level
- tropical rainforest
- wetland