The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological
... describes consumption of inorganic nutrients by photoautotrophic phytoplankton, which in turn supports zooplankton and ultimately higher trophic levels. Pathways centred on bacteria provide mechanisms for nutrient recycling. This structure lies at the foundation of most models used to explore biogeo ...
... describes consumption of inorganic nutrients by photoautotrophic phytoplankton, which in turn supports zooplankton and ultimately higher trophic levels. Pathways centred on bacteria provide mechanisms for nutrient recycling. This structure lies at the foundation of most models used to explore biogeo ...
Introduction ECOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL MONOCULTURES
... Cool weather during their summer growing season will slow primary production of switchgrass, but may stimulate growth of other prairie plants. The cottonwood hybrid clones used in the Columbia River plantations are selected to grow best under conditions of high temperature and high water availabilit ...
... Cool weather during their summer growing season will slow primary production of switchgrass, but may stimulate growth of other prairie plants. The cottonwood hybrid clones used in the Columbia River plantations are selected to grow best under conditions of high temperature and high water availabilit ...
Bio 226: Cell and Molecular Biology
... breaks off, forming vesicles with bacteria inside 8. Vesicles fuse, form the peribacteroid membrane and ...
... breaks off, forming vesicles with bacteria inside 8. Vesicles fuse, form the peribacteroid membrane and ...
Assignment 2 solutions BioE 202
... The importance is to have three species and show the influence of reducing numbers of one on the others. Killing plant eaters would have an effect on plant density, but that’s only two species. Killing predators might mean more plant eaters and consequently threaten plant life – that would satisfy w ...
... The importance is to have three species and show the influence of reducing numbers of one on the others. Killing plant eaters would have an effect on plant density, but that’s only two species. Killing predators might mean more plant eaters and consequently threaten plant life – that would satisfy w ...
Facilitative or competitive effects of woody plants on understorey
... interactions in savannas, with trees facilitating growth of understorey grasses in low-rainfall areas, but competing with them under higher rainfall. We hypothesized that this effect of rainfall upon understorey productivity is modified by differences in the growth form of the woody plants (i.e. the ...
... interactions in savannas, with trees facilitating growth of understorey grasses in low-rainfall areas, but competing with them under higher rainfall. We hypothesized that this effect of rainfall upon understorey productivity is modified by differences in the growth form of the woody plants (i.e. the ...
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... fisheries sector. 2. Lack of reliability of time series data seems to be a major impediment when results on natural variability of populations are required. 3. Invasive species can easily establish populations in the region being facilitated by fisheries activities, which tend to be fishingdown-the- ...
... fisheries sector. 2. Lack of reliability of time series data seems to be a major impediment when results on natural variability of populations are required. 3. Invasive species can easily establish populations in the region being facilitated by fisheries activities, which tend to be fishingdown-the- ...
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... supplies of food and other goods and the likelihood of conflict over declining resources, and by changes in regulating services, which could influence the frequency and magnitude of floods, droughts or other catastrophes. It can also be affected by changes in cultural services as, for example, when ...
... supplies of food and other goods and the likelihood of conflict over declining resources, and by changes in regulating services, which could influence the frequency and magnitude of floods, droughts or other catastrophes. It can also be affected by changes in cultural services as, for example, when ...
Physical and numerical modelling of silt with focus on offshore
... In intermediate soils, such as silty soils, standard cone penetration tests may vary from undrained to partially or fully drained conditions. This means that use of standard correlations developed for clean sand or clay will not work for soils where penetration takes place under partially drained co ...
... In intermediate soils, such as silty soils, standard cone penetration tests may vary from undrained to partially or fully drained conditions. This means that use of standard correlations developed for clean sand or clay will not work for soils where penetration takes place under partially drained co ...
CHAPTER 11CSOIL AS A RESOURCE
... 3. Weathering encompasses three types of processes: Mechanical weathering is the physical breakup of rock with no change in the rock's chemical composition; however, mechanical weathering increases the surface area exposed to chemical attack, thereby enhancing chemical weathering. Mechanical weather ...
... 3. Weathering encompasses three types of processes: Mechanical weathering is the physical breakup of rock with no change in the rock's chemical composition; however, mechanical weathering increases the surface area exposed to chemical attack, thereby enhancing chemical weathering. Mechanical weather ...
Disentangling the effects of water and nutrients for studying the
... additional nutrients) and watering (with and without additional water) treatments were crossed fully factorially to produce four treatment combinations, i.e. control plots (no fertilization and no water: control), plots with fertilization (+F), plots with water (+W) and plots with fertilization and ...
... additional nutrients) and watering (with and without additional water) treatments were crossed fully factorially to produce four treatment combinations, i.e. control plots (no fertilization and no water: control), plots with fertilization (+F), plots with water (+W) and plots with fertilization and ...
VERTEBRATES: FISH, AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES, BIRDS, MAMMALS
... beneath a decomposing log on the forest floor, to small streams and ponds that may hold water during short periods of the year, to large rivers and lakes occupied by diverse assemblages of potential competitors and predators. Likewise, the relative time that amphibian species occupy these freshwater ...
... beneath a decomposing log on the forest floor, to small streams and ponds that may hold water during short periods of the year, to large rivers and lakes occupied by diverse assemblages of potential competitors and predators. Likewise, the relative time that amphibian species occupy these freshwater ...
ECOLOGY REVIEW By Kelly Riedell Brookings Biology
... Essential knowledge 2.D.1: All biological systems from cells and organisms to populations, communities and ecosystems are affected by complex biotic and abiotic interactions involving exchange of matter and free energy. a. Cell activities are affected by interactions with biotic and abiotic factors. ...
... Essential knowledge 2.D.1: All biological systems from cells and organisms to populations, communities and ecosystems are affected by complex biotic and abiotic interactions involving exchange of matter and free energy. a. Cell activities are affected by interactions with biotic and abiotic factors. ...
Underground Mycology: The Relation Between Fungi, Soil and Tree
... impact upon their growth and activity. These organisms include other fungi (Woodward & Boddy 2008), invertebrates (Boddy & Jones 2008) and bacteria (de Boer 2008), though the latter have been little studied. When basidiomycete mycelia meet in organic resources their aggressive interactions may resul ...
... impact upon their growth and activity. These organisms include other fungi (Woodward & Boddy 2008), invertebrates (Boddy & Jones 2008) and bacteria (de Boer 2008), though the latter have been little studied. When basidiomycete mycelia meet in organic resources their aggressive interactions may resul ...
Part II The Soil Community The soil community is made up of soil
... The soil community is made up of soil texture, and organic parts of the soil ecosystem. Detritus, soil organisms, Humus, and Topsoil The dead leaves, roots, and other detritus accumulated on and in the soil support a complex food web, including numerous species of microorganisms. Humus is the residu ...
... The soil community is made up of soil texture, and organic parts of the soil ecosystem. Detritus, soil organisms, Humus, and Topsoil The dead leaves, roots, and other detritus accumulated on and in the soil support a complex food web, including numerous species of microorganisms. Humus is the residu ...
Grace M - Grace Wilkinson
... Pace, ML, GW Wilkinson, JJ Cole, SR Carpenter. 2014. Watershed inputs, aquatic foodwebs, and ecosystem stability. Joint meeting of the British Ecological Society and the French Ecological Society. [Invited] Wilkinson, GM, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace. 2014. Use of deep algal resources by zooplankt ...
... Pace, ML, GW Wilkinson, JJ Cole, SR Carpenter. 2014. Watershed inputs, aquatic foodwebs, and ecosystem stability. Joint meeting of the British Ecological Society and the French Ecological Society. [Invited] Wilkinson, GM, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace. 2014. Use of deep algal resources by zooplankt ...
Ecological Assessment of Selenium in the Aquatic Environment
... Ohlendorf HM, Presser TS, Shaw DP. 2009. Ecological assessment of selenium in the aquatic environment: Summary of a SETAC Pellston Workshop. Pensacola FL (USA): Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). Members of workgroups (WGs), and hence authors of chapters of the forthcoming bo ...
... Ohlendorf HM, Presser TS, Shaw DP. 2009. Ecological assessment of selenium in the aquatic environment: Summary of a SETAC Pellston Workshop. Pensacola FL (USA): Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). Members of workgroups (WGs), and hence authors of chapters of the forthcoming bo ...
Biotic and abiotic components - Pearson Schools and FE Colleges
... A pyramid of biomass quantifies the amount of biomass present at each trophic level at a certain point in time, and represents the standing stock of each trophic level measured in units such as grams of biomass per metre squared (g m–2). Biomass may also be measured in units of energy, such as joule ...
... A pyramid of biomass quantifies the amount of biomass present at each trophic level at a certain point in time, and represents the standing stock of each trophic level measured in units such as grams of biomass per metre squared (g m–2). Biomass may also be measured in units of energy, such as joule ...
Environmental Systems and Societies Chapter 2
... A pyramid of biomass quantifies the amount of biomass present at each trophic level at a certain point in time, and represents the standing stock of each trophic level measured in units such as grams of biomass per metre squared (g m–2). Biomass may also be measured in units of energy, such as joule ...
... A pyramid of biomass quantifies the amount of biomass present at each trophic level at a certain point in time, and represents the standing stock of each trophic level measured in units such as grams of biomass per metre squared (g m–2). Biomass may also be measured in units of energy, such as joule ...
Non-Native Invasive Earthworms as Agents of Change in Northern
... Less well studied are changes in the soil foodwebs that accompany earthworm invasion. Soils of north temperate forests harbor a tremendous diversity of microorganisms and invertebrates, whose distribution and abundance can be substantially altered by earthworm invasion. Furthermore, invasive earthwo ...
... Less well studied are changes in the soil foodwebs that accompany earthworm invasion. Soils of north temperate forests harbor a tremendous diversity of microorganisms and invertebrates, whose distribution and abundance can be substantially altered by earthworm invasion. Furthermore, invasive earthwo ...
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... 1. Under ideal conditions; unlimited food, absence of disease, lack of predators --> populations would increase indefinitely. In the real world this is not the case…. Every area has a carrying capacity or number of organisms of one species that an environment can support. 2. Carrying Capacity is det ...
... 1. Under ideal conditions; unlimited food, absence of disease, lack of predators --> populations would increase indefinitely. In the real world this is not the case…. Every area has a carrying capacity or number of organisms of one species that an environment can support. 2. Carrying Capacity is det ...
Waterford`s Energy Flow through Ecosystems
... (credit "fox": modication of work by Kevin Bacher, NPS; credit "owl": modication of work by John and Karen Hollingsworth, USFWS; credit "snake": modication of work by Steve Jurvetson; credit "robin": modication of work by Alan Vernon; credit "frog": modication of work by Alessandro Catenazzi; c ...
... (credit "fox": modication of work by Kevin Bacher, NPS; credit "owl": modication of work by John and Karen Hollingsworth, USFWS; credit "snake": modication of work by Steve Jurvetson; credit "robin": modication of work by Alan Vernon; credit "frog": modication of work by Alessandro Catenazzi; c ...
Ecology and Ecosystems - Baltic University Programme
... study of physiological processes in the field, or outdoors, in contrast to physiology, which is more of a laboratory science, indoors. Chemical compounds, that spread in the environment by wind, water, etc., interact with several abiotic (non-biological) factors, which moderate their properties. It ...
... study of physiological processes in the field, or outdoors, in contrast to physiology, which is more of a laboratory science, indoors. Chemical compounds, that spread in the environment by wind, water, etc., interact with several abiotic (non-biological) factors, which moderate their properties. It ...
11.1 The Science of Ecology
... In this lesson, you learned how matter is transferred through food chains and webs. Producers make food from inorganic molecules. Other organisms consume the producers. When organisms die, decomposers break down their remains and release inorganic molecules that can be used again by producers. In th ...
... In this lesson, you learned how matter is transferred through food chains and webs. Producers make food from inorganic molecules. Other organisms consume the producers. When organisms die, decomposers break down their remains and release inorganic molecules that can be used again by producers. In th ...
principles of ecology
... which are greatly affected by seasonally fluctuating environmental factors such as light, temperature and rainfall. In this type of curve, population density increases rapidly in exponential (geometric) progression (total number doubles at regular intervals of time). This type of exponential growth ...
... which are greatly affected by seasonally fluctuating environmental factors such as light, temperature and rainfall. In this type of curve, population density increases rapidly in exponential (geometric) progression (total number doubles at regular intervals of time). This type of exponential growth ...
The Role of Pinnipeds in the Ecosystem - Zoology, UBC
... Blaricom and Estes 1988; Estes and Duggins 1995). Sea otters were hunted to near extinction before the turn of the century. The loss of this species resulted in underwater barrens because urchin populations grew unchecked and removed all of the fleshy algae. The removal of urchins by otters allows k ...
... Blaricom and Estes 1988; Estes and Duggins 1995). Sea otters were hunted to near extinction before the turn of the century. The loss of this species resulted in underwater barrens because urchin populations grew unchecked and removed all of the fleshy algae. The removal of urchins by otters allows k ...
Human impact on the nitrogen cycle
Human impact on the nitrogen cycle is diverse. Agricultural and industrial nitrogen (N) inputs to the environment currently exceed inputs from natural N fixation. As a consequence of anthropogenic inputs, the global nitrogen cycle (Fig. 1) has been significantly altered over the past century. Global atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) mole fractions have increased from a pre-industrial value of ~270 nmol/mol to ~319 nmol/mol in 2005. Human activities account for over one-third of N2O emissions, most of which are due to the agricultural sector. This article is intended to give a brief review of the history of anthropogenic N inputs, and reported impacts of nitrogen inputs on selected terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.