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- 5. External energy source PRIMARY PRODUCERS CONSUMERS DECOMPOSERS ABIOTIC ENVIRONMENT Figure 51.1
- 6. External energy source PRIMARY PRODUCERS ABIOTIC ENVIRONMENT Figure 51.1 CONSUMERS DECOMPOSERS
- 9. Energy source: 1,254,000 kcal/m 2 /year 0.8% energy captured by photosynthesis. Of this... … 45% supports growth (Net primary production) … 11% enters grazing food web … 34% enters decomposer food web as dead material … 55% lost to respiration Figure 51.2
- 10. Energy source: 1,254,000 kcal/m 2 /year Figure 51.2 … 11% enters grazing food web … 34% enters decomposer food web as dead material 0.8% energy captured by photosynthesis. Of this... … 45% supports growth (Net primary production) … 55% lost to respiration
- 11. 0–100 100–200 200–400 400–600 600–800 >800 Productivity ranges (g/m 2 /yr) Figure 51.3a Terrestrial productivity
- 12. <35 35–55 55–90 >90 Productivity ranges (g/m 2 /yr) Figure 51.3b Marine productivity
- 13. 80.7% respiration 17.7% excretion 1.6% growth and reproduction Energy derived from plants Figure 51.4
- 14. Predators of decomposers: Spider Centipede Mushroom Earthworm Primary decomposers: Bacteria and archaea Millipede Nematodes Pillbugs Salamander Figure 51.5 Puffball Puffball 305 nm 49.4 µm
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- 18. 4 Secondary carnivore 3 Carnivore 2 Herbivore 1 Autotroph Productivity Figure 51.6b Pyramid of productivity
- 20. Pisaster (a sea star) Thais (a snail) Bivalves (clams, mussels) Figure 51.7a Food chain
- 21. Pisaster Thais Chitons Limpets Bivalves Acorn barnacles Gooseneck barnacles Figure 51.7b Food web
- 23. Number of observations Number of links in food chain 10 8 6 4 2 0 Streams Lakes Terrestrial Figure 51.7c Food chains tend to have few links. Average number of links = 3.5 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 25. Assimilation Loss to erosion or leaching into groundwater Soil nutrient pool Decomposer food web Detritus Death Herbivore Uptake Plants Death Consumption Feces or urine Figure 51.8
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- 30. Figure 51.10a lower Clearcut Control Devegetate one watershed and leave the other intact. Monitor the amount of dissolved substances in streams.
- 31. Devegetated Net dissolved substance (kg/ha) Control 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Year Figure 51.10b Nutrient runoff results 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
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- 35. Land use Fossil fuel use Year Annual flux of carbon (10 15 g) 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Figure 51.12a Human-induced increases in CO 2 flux over time 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980
- 36. Year CO 2 concentration (ppm) 360 350 340 330 320 310 1960 1970 1980 1990 Figure 51.12b Atmospheric CO 2
- 37. Natural sources Human sources Amount of nitrogen (gigatons/year) 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Sources of nitrogen fixation Lightning Biological fixation Fossil fuels Nitrogen fertilizer Nitrogen- fixing crops Figure 51.13b