Ecology

Abiotic factors•Atmosphere•Hydrosphere•Lithosphere•Energy

Biotic factors•Organism•Population•Natural community

Other terms•Ecosystem•Landscape•Biosphere/Ecosphere

•Conservation Ecology•Evolutionary Ecology•Etc.

Marine Ecosystems

Bathyal zone

(Eu)

Continental slope

Coastal littoral

Lentic Ecosystems

Lentic Ecosystems

Nutrient Density/Productivity/Biomass•Oligotrophic•Mesotrophic•Eutrophic

Increased nutrients

Algal bloom

Algal crash

Decomposer bloom

Decreased oxygen

Fish Kill Dead Lake

Eutrophication

Lotic Ecosytems

Other related ecosystems•Estuary•Riparian system•Wetland•Seasonal•Perennial

Terrestrial Ecosytems/Biomes

Climate Geology Geography Latitude

Producers

Consumers

Biomes

Deciduous Forest

Coniferous Forest

Temperate Grassland

Tropical Grassland/Savanna

Chaparral

Tundra

Tropical Rain Forest

Net primary productivity =

(Energy absorbed by producers) – (E consumed by producers)

Total Biomass

Monitoring Ecosystems•Quadrat sampling•Transect•Capture/tag/recapture•DNA fingerprinting•Etc.