Q: Discuss the valuable significance of some nutrients in an ecosystem.
A: The nutrient is an important component of our ecosystem.
Q: Define Gross Primary Productivity.
A: The rate of synthesis of organic matter or biomass produced at any trophic level during a given…
Q: Explain how the efficiency of energy transfers between trophic levels affects ecosystem structure…
A: The efficiency of the energy transfer to the succeeding trophic level is known as ecological…
Q: Discuss the role of fishery in enhancement of food production.
A: Fishery is an industry which deals with catching, processing, and marketing of fishes and other…
Q: Compare and contrast the factors that limit the net primary productivity in terrestrial versus…
A: Net primary productivity, or NPP, is gross primary productivity minus the speed of energy loss to…
Q: Explain biotic components and abiotic components of the ecosystem with examples.
A: A community that witnesses the interaction between the living and nonliving components and acting as…
Q: Draw an energy pyramid for an ecosystem with three levels ofconsumers.
A: Step 1 Ecological pyramids are graphic representations of various ecological parameters at the…
Q: Describe the relationship in the above ground biomass and species under different atmospheric CO2…
A: Relationship between above ground biomass mass and CO2 concentration.
Q: Describe the functions of producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and decomposers in an…
A: Ecosystem Ecosystem is the interaction between living organism like plants and animals with non…
Q: eutrophication and hypoxia or ‘dead zones”.
A: Eutrophication- Increased concentrations of plant nutrients, most commonly phosphorus compounds and…
Q: discuss ecosystem productivity with examples
A: Ecosystem productivity can be defined as the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem.…
Q: Trace and illustrate the flow of energy in an ecosystem, stems
A: The behavior of energy in the ecosystem can be termed energy flow due to the unidirectional flow of…
Q: To distinguish: The gross primary productivity and net primary productivity.
A: The sun state that they are been defined to provide energy to the Earth in the form of light. The…
Q: Name a renewable exhaustible natural resource.
A: A resource is anything that is acquired from the environment to meet the organism’s requirements.…
Q: How would you describe the trophic levels in a typical ecosystem? Discuss the flow of energy through…
A: Ecosystem refers to an organization where both biotic factors (living organisms) and abiotic factors…
Q: Calculate the biodiversity index using the given formula below:
A: number of species in the area ÷ total number of individuals in the area = biodiversity index.
Q: Give note on ecological energetics.
A: An ecosystem is defined as a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical…
Q: Describe the flow of nutrients in an ecosystem
A: Nutrients are compounds essential to each and every living thing as they provide energy and act as…
Q: Assume that the producer level in your trophic pyramid contains 12,000,000 kcal of energy. Write the…
A: Trophic level is the position an organism is at in the food web. They are classified in levels and…
Q: Explain why energy flow in the ecosystem is unidirectionat while nutrients movement in the ecosystem…
A: The combination of the living organisms and the abiotic environment they live in constitute the…
Q: Describe the process involved in the aquatic carbon cycle
A: A group of environmental activities that involve the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living…
Q: Explain how biotic potential contributes to exponential and logistic growth.
A: Biotic potential is the maximum growth of the individuals which occur in the environment as all the…
Q: Relate deforestation and scarcity of water
A: To relate: To relate the differences between deforestation and water scarcity
Q: Describe the incomplete ecosystem with an example.
A: The abiotic community lives in an environment, which provides materials, energy requirements, and…
Q: Describe the trophic levels in a typical ecosystem. Discuss the flow of energy through the…
A: Ecosystem refers to an organization where both biotic factors (living organisms) and abiotic factors…
Q: Compare and contrast the measurement of primary productivity in terrestrial versus aquatic…
A: An ecosystem is a community of living things interacting with the nonliving parts of the…
Q: Explain why energy flow in the ecosystem is unidirectional; while nutrients movements in the…
A: Energy flow in the ecosystem can be defined as the phenomenon or the way by which energy travels…
Q: Compare the two communities based on the indices computed in the table. what environmental factors…
A: Species Richness tells about the variety of species existing in the ecosystem. Shannon's Diversity…
Q: In what type of ecosystem would you find high productivity? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
A: An ecosystem can be defined as a self-sustaining, self-regulated functional and structural unit of…
Q: An example of abiotic factors impacting the ecosystem?
A: Abiotic waters are the non living factors like water, temperature, air which are present in our…
Q: Explain the process of energy flow in ecosystem.
A: Ecosystem is the complex dynamic interrelationships of plants and animals in the biosphere. They…
Q: Differentiate Terrestrial Ecosystem from Aquatic Ecosystem in terms of net primary productivity.…
A: Terrestrial ecosystems are those which are found only in land which includes tropical rainforests,…
Q: Define productivity as the word is used in ecology. What is a pri-mary producer? What is the…
A: The word productivity is taken from the root word meaning to produce. In ecology, productivity can…
Q: Explain the concept of renewable resources.
A: Renewable resource : - It is a natural resource which will reform to replace the used and consumed…
Q: What does primary productivity measure? What does it tell you about an ecosystem? Explain your…
A: Plants produce starch during photosynthesis in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll pigment.…
Q: In a terrestrial ecosystem such as forest, maximum energy is in which trophic level?
A: BASIC INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM - It can be considered as the functional unit of nature in which there…
Q: give one cause of the diminishing biodiversity in our ecosystem and explain.
A: Ecosystem balance, often known as "ecosystem homeostasis," is influenced by both factors that tend…
Q: Identify an ecological footprint and perform an analysis on the ecological footprint mentioned
A: The Ecological Footprint estimates the measure of naturally productive land and sea area that go…
Q: Describe what a pyramid of numbers would like if an ecologist models the relationship between bird…
A: The relationship between organisms at different trophic levels in the food chain is graphically…
Q: Considering the energy that is lost as heat to the environment when one organism consumes another,…
A: The presence of the biotic and abiotic factors in a particular region and their interaction with…
Q: Study the ecological pyramid and answer the questions. ) There are trophic levels in an ecosystem. )…
A: An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms live together.…
Q: Give three examples of each biotic interaction, specifically commensalism and competition. Please…
A: In the biosphere, there are numerous intricate relationships. Living organisms form biotic…
Q: Compare renewable versus nonrenewable resources.
A: Introduction Ecological Footprint (EF) represents the demand of a person or a group of a person on…
Q: Relate the edaphic factors and climatic factors with the type and abundance of vegetation and other…
A: The edaphic influences are those that have to do with the soil. Drainage, texture, and chemical…
Explain the relationship between net primary productivity and biomass in an ecosystem.
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- Define productivity as the word is used in ecology. What is a pri-mary producer? What is the distinction between gross productivity, net productivity, and respiration? How is net productivity related to biomass (or standing crop)?What is Primary Production and what are the factors that limit primary production in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Give examples of where some of the most productive systems are on land and in water. Distinguish between Gross Primary Productivity and Net Primary ProductivityPrimary productivity varies from ecosystem to ecosystem.Explain?