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Factors
Viscocity
Buoyancy
Temperature
variation
Terrestrial
Low
Yes; provides some
support
Temperature is
constant except on
Aquatic
High
No; no support
provided
Temperature varies a
lot, depending on
Conduction of heat
Pressure
Availability of
Gases
Availability of
Water
Light penetration
Gas Diffusion
Availability of ions
natural factors.
Good conductor (Lots
of heat loss)
Pressure increases
with depth and is
more than 1 atm.
Scarce
Abundant
Only on the surface
Available in soil
water
(Lichen= fungus
+algae)
+=
(Clownfish +
Anemone)
- +
( Dog/Human + Tick)
- =
(Penicillium notatum
+ bacteria)
- +
(Shark and Fish)
- +/ = =
(Sharks and dolphins)
Commensalism
Parasitism
Allelopathy
Predation
Competition
INTERRELATIONSHIPS
Food chain: Single line of feeding
Food web: Interconnected food chains
Trophic level: A level occupied by a consumer
Biomass (PYRAMID): The total mass in a community. Since matter is
lost as the trophic levels progress, the next should only be about
10% of the previous (drastically smaller). Producers are always the
ones with the largest biomass.
Human Impact
Diversity
Stability
Natural
Great
Complex,
Stable
Agricultural
Little, usually
dominated by
one or two
types of
animal/crop
Simple,
unstable
monocultures
Urban
Little to none,
humans
dominate
Simple, more
animals than
plants;
unstable
Energy In
Light
Energy Out
Matter
Recycling
Extremely
efficient
Fossil fuels,
nuclear,
hydroelectric
Photosynthesis, Rapid energy
respiration, and and haet loss,
gradual heat
including
loss
excessive
burning
Inefficient, only So the damn
some recycled
inefficient,
bullshit
recycling
Problems:
Soil erosion: Removal of soil/rock from one place which is then
transported to another by wind/water.
Greenhouse effect: Too much CO2 accumulates because not many
plants are available to recycle it into oxygen, so more heat is
trapped and the Earth slowly cooks.
Biomagnification: Heavy metals and pesticides accumulate in an
organism and remains there for a long time. Another organism
consumes the infected organism in a large amount and accumulates
a larger amount/concentration of those substances. This repeats,
hence biomagnification. (magnification of the toxics along the food
chain/web)