Chapter 53: Ecosystems and Global Ecology

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Ecosystem
The community of interacting species present in a region, along with the abiotic components of the soil, water and atmosphere
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Autotrophs
Organisms that synthesize their own food from inorganic sources
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Gross primary productivity (GPP)
Energy that is invested by primary producers in a given area and time period
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Net primary productivity (NPP)
Energy that is invested by primary producers in building new tissue or offspring
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Biomass
Organic material
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Consumers
Eat living organisms
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Primary consumers
Eat primary producers
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Secondary consumers
Eat primary consumers
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Tertiary consumers
Eat secondary consumers
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Decomposers
Obtain energy by feeding on the remains of other organisms or waste products
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Trophic level
Organisms that obtained energy from the same type of source
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Detritus
Dead animals and dead plant tissues
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Biomagnification
Increase in concentration in consumers at higher levels in a food chain
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Biogeochemical cycle
The path an element takes as it moves from abiotic systems through producers, consumers, and decomposes and bak again
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Soil organic matter
A complex mixture of partially and complexity decomposed detritus
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Watersheds
Areas drained by a single stream
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