earth’s biomes
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Earth’s biomes. Environmental factors. Abiotic factors non-living chemical & physical factors temperature light water nutrients Biotic factors living components animals plants. Marine. coral reef. benthos. intertidal. Tropical rainforest. distribution : equatorial - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Earth’s biomes
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Environmental factors Abiotic factors
non-living chemical & physical factors temperature light water nutrients
Biotic factors living components
animals plants
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Marine
intertidal
coral reefbenthos
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Tropical rainforest
distribution: equatorialprecipitation: very wettemperature: always warmcharacteristics: many plants & animals, thin soil
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Savanna
distribution: equatorialprecipitation: seasonal, dry season/wet seasontemperature: always warmcharacteristics: fire-adapted, drought tolerant plants; herbivores; fertile soil
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Desert
distribution: 30°N & S latitude bandprecipitation: almosttemperature: variable daily & seasonally, hot & coldcharacteristics: sparse vegetation & animals, cacti, succulents, drought tolerant, reptiles, insects, rodents, birds
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Temperate Grassland
distribution: mid-latitudes, mid-continentsprecipitation: seasonal, dry season/wet seasontemperature: cold winters/hot summerscharacteristics: prairie grasses, fire-adapted, drought tolerant plants; many herbivores; deep, fertile soil
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Temperate Deciduous Forest
distribution: mid-latitude, northern hemisphereprecipitation: adequate, summer rains, winter snowtemperature: moderate warm summer/cool wintercharacteristics: many mammals, insects, birds, etc.; deciduous trees; fertile soils
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Coniferous Forest (Taiga)
distribution: high-latitude, northern hemisphereprecipitation: adequate to dry (temperate rain forest on coast)temperature: cool year roundcharacteristics: conifers; diverse mammals, birds, insects, etc.
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Arctic Tundra
distribution: arctic, high-latitude, northern hemisphereprecipitation: dry temperature: cold year roundcharacteristics: permafrost, lichens & mosses, migrating animals & resident herbivores
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Alpine Tundra
distribution: high elevation at all latitudesprecipitation: dry temperature: cold year roundcharacteristics: permafrost, lichens, mosses, grasses; migrating animals & resident herbivores
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What have we done!
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Impact of ecology as a science Ecology provides a scientific context for
evaluating environmental issues Rachel Carson, in 1962,
in her book, Silent Spring,warned that use ofpesticides such as DDTwas causing populationdeclines in manynon-target organisms
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Barry Commoner’s Laws of Ecology Everything is connected to everything else Everything must go somewhere
there is no such place as “away” Nature knows best There is no such thing as a free lunch
Laws of Unintended Consequences
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Acid Precipitation nitrogen oxides sulfur dioxide
power plants industry transportation
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BioMagnification
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BioMagnification PCBs
General Electric manufacturing plant on Hudson River
PCBs in sediment striped bass
nesting areas
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Carbon DioxideGlobal Warming
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CO2
NOx
methane
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Ozone Depletion
protects from UV rays
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Ozone Depletion
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Ozone Depletion Loss of ozone above Antarctica
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Bad ozone vs. good ozone
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Deforestation Loss of habitat Loss of biodiversity
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Loss of Diversity 3 levels of biodiversity
ecosystem diversity different habitats
across landscape community diversity
mix of species genetic diversity
inbreeding with shrinking populations
All decreased by human activity
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Driven to extinction
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Introduced species Introduced species
transplanted populations grow exponentially in new area
non-native species out-compete native species lack of competitors & predators reduce diversity
examples African honeybee gypsy moth zebra mussel purple loosestrife
kudzu
gypsy moth
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Zebra mussel~2 months
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Purple loosestrife
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Purple loosestrife Non-native species out-compete native species
lack of competitors & predators reducing diversity causing loss of food & nesting sites for animals Video
1968 1978
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OverexploitationNorth Atlantic bluefin tuna
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Biodiversity hot spots
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Restoration projects
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Think Globally, Act Locally
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