Intro to Ecology

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addition of energy
These are ecosystems maintained artificially by humans where by ________ and planned manipulation, natural balance is disturbed regularly.
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Ecology
________: It is defined as the study of interrelationship of different organisms with each other and with their environment.
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Synecology
________: It deals with the study of communities, their composition, their behavior and relation with the environment.
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Autecology
________: It deals with the study of an individual species of organisms and its population, It is also called the Species ecology.
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Marine Water
________: Such as deep bodies such as ocean or shallow ones such as Sea or an estuary.
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Ecosystems
________ are divided into terrestrial or land based ________ and aquatic ecosystems or water based.
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term Ecology
The ________ was derived from two Greek words, OIKOS, meaning house, and LOGUS meaning study of.
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Ecology
It is defined as the study of interrelationship of different organisms with each other and with their environment
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Autecology
It deals with the study of an individual species of organisms and its population, It is also called the Species ecology
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Synecology
It deals with the study of communities, their composition, their behavior and relation with the environment
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Terrestrial Ecology
The study of interaction of organisms on land
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Aquatic Ecology
The Study of interaction of organisms in the water
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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
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Terrestrial Ecosystem
Forrest, grassland, desert, etc
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Fresh Water
Lotic or Lentic
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Marine Water
Such as deep bodies such as ocean or shallow ones such as Sea or an estuary
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Lotic
Running water
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Lentic
Standing water
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Types of Ecosystems
Natural and Artificial