Which of the following would be considered a biotic component of a coral reef ecosystem?  Check ALL that apply.   microbes? algae? water temperature? wave action? water currents?

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Which of the following would be considered a biotic component of a coral reef ecosystem?  Check ALL that apply.
 
microbes?
algae?
water temperature?
wave action?
water currents?
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Ecosystem: It is a collaboration of living organisms such as plants and animals with non-living things in nature. Ecosystem is mainly composed of 2 things : Biotic / living factors and abiotic/ non-living factors.

1) Biotic component include: plants, animals, microorganism

2) Abiotic component include: temperature, light, water, soil, salinity etc.

To form an ecosystem both factors are equally important as they are interdependent on each other.

Ecosystems can be either natural or artificial (man-made). For example: Grasslands, forests, desserts, coral reefs are natural ecosystems. While Crop lands, gardens, aquariums, zoo are artificial ecosystems.

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