Introduction to Ecosystems and the Biosphere
This text provides a brief introduction to Waterford's energy flow through ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, terrestrial biomes, and aquatic & marine biomes.
Topics
- hydrosphere
- autotroph
- photoautotroph
- apex consumer
- arctic tundra
- biogeochemical cycle
- biomagnification
- biomass
- biome
- boreal forest
- canopy
- chaparral
- chemoautotroph
- dead zone
- detrital food web
- fallout
- food web
- grazing food web
- gross primary productivity
- net primary productivity
- non-renewable resource
- primary consumer
- producer
- Rachel Carson
- residence time
- resilience (ecological)
- resistance (ecological)
- savanna
- secondary consumer
- subduction
- subtropical desert
- temperate forest
- temperate grassland
- tertiary consumers
- trophic level
- tropical rainforest
- food chain
- equilibrium
- permafrost
- ecosystem
- eutrophication
- acid rain