Introduction to Ecosystems
This text provides a brief introduction to ecology of ecosystems, energy flow through ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycles.
Topics
- biogeochemical cycle
- biomagnification
- chemoautotroph
- conceptual model
- dead zone
- detrital food web
- ecological pyramid
- ecosystem
- ecosystem dynamics
- eutrophication
- food chain
- food web
- grazing food web
- gross primary productivity
- holistic ecosystem model
- hydrosphere
- mesocosm
- microcosm
- nonrenewable resource
- primary consumer
- primary producer
- residence time
- resilience
- ecological
- resistance
- secondary consumer
- simulation model
- subduction
- tertiary consumer
- trophic level
- trophic level transfer efficiency
- TLTE
- water cycle
- nitrogen cycle
- autotroph
- photoautotroph
- non-renewable resource
- biological carbon cycle
- biological magnification
- chesapeake bay ecosystem
- ecological efficiency
- ecological resilience
- ecological resistance
- ecology of ecosystems
- ecosystem ecology
- ecosystem energy
- ecosystem energy flow
- ecosystem energy model
- ecosystem experiment
- ecosystem model
- ecosystem modeling
- ecosystem structure
- ecosystems
- eltonian pyramid
- food chain energy
- food web energy
- geological carbon cycle
- heteroautotroph
- hydrologic cycle
- phosphorus cycle
- sulfur cycle
- trophic level energy
- types of ecosystems
- carbon cycle