Intro to Ecology

addition of energy

These are ecosystems maintained artificially by humans where by and planned manipulation, natural balance is disturbed regularly.

Ecology

: It is defined as the study of interrelationship of different organisms with each other and with their environment.

Synecology

: It deals with the study of communities, their composition, their behavior and relation with the environment.

Autecology

: It deals with the study of an individual species of organisms and its population, It is also called the Species ecology.

Marine Water

: Such as deep bodies such as ocean or shallow ones such as Sea or an estuary.

Ecosystems

are divided into terrestrial or land based and aquatic ecosystems or water based.

term Ecology

The was derived from two Greek words, OIKOS, meaning house, and LOGUS meaning study of.

Ecology

It is defined as the study of interrelationship of different organisms with each other and with their environment

Autecology

It deals with the study of an individual species of organisms and its population, It is also called the Species ecology

Synecology

It deals with the study of communities, their composition, their behavior and relation with the environment

Terrestrial Ecology

The study of interaction of organisms on land

Aquatic Ecology

The Study of interaction of organisms in the water

Ecosystem

It is defined as the living community of plants and animals in any area together with the non-living components of the environment such as soil, air and water

Terrestrial Ecosystem

Forrest, grassland, desert, etc

Fresh Water

Lotic or Lentic

Marine Water

Such as deep bodies such as ocean or shallow ones such as Sea or an estuary

Lotic

Running water

Lentic

Standing water

Types of Ecosystems

Natural and Artificial