The document discusses the components of an ecosystem. It defines an ecosystem as a biological community that occurs in some locale, along with the physical and chemical factors that make up its non-living environment. The key components of an ecosystem discussed are: 1) abiotic substances like carbon dioxide, water, and nutrients that organisms interact with, 2) producers like plants that capture energy, 3) consumers like herbivores and carnivores that eat other organisms, and 4) decomposers like fungi and bacteria that break down dead matter and waste. Together, the interaction of these living and non-living components drive ecosystem processes like nutrient cycling and energy flow.
ecosystem topic will help you in understanding the basic means and other components like structure, functions, types, ecological pyramid, energy flow in ecosystem and many more environment related studies.
ecosystem topic will help you in understanding the basic means and other components like structure, functions, types, ecological pyramid, energy flow in ecosystem and many more environment related studies.
Ecology is the scientific study of organisms `at home' which is called as the `environment'. The term `environment' refers to those parts of the world or the total set of circumstances which surround an organism or a group of organisms.
Ecosystem as defined as interaction between the organisms and environment. Or living community of plants and animals in are together with non living components of environment such as soil, water and air consists the ecosystem. The word eco system coined by A.G Tensely in 1935. This ecosystem has variety of life such as flora and fauna.
Ecosystem as largest functional unit of ecology which comprises with biotic communities mutually related with their nonliving or a biotic environment.
Ecology and Ecosystem
Ecology
Ecosystems
Ecology and Ecosystem
Types of Ecosystem
According to environment- 1. Terrestrial Ecosystem
2. Aquatic Ecosystem
According to the degree of human intervention –
1. Natural ecosystem
2. Artificial or Man made ecosystem
Component of ecosystem- Abiotic and Biotic
Function of ecosystem
Ecology is the scientific study of organisms `at home' which is called as the `environment'. The term `environment' refers to those parts of the world or the total set of circumstances which surround an organism or a group of organisms.
Ecosystem as defined as interaction between the organisms and environment. Or living community of plants and animals in are together with non living components of environment such as soil, water and air consists the ecosystem. The word eco system coined by A.G Tensely in 1935. This ecosystem has variety of life such as flora and fauna.
Ecosystem as largest functional unit of ecology which comprises with biotic communities mutually related with their nonliving or a biotic environment.
Ecology and Ecosystem
Ecology
Ecosystems
Ecology and Ecosystem
Types of Ecosystem
According to environment- 1. Terrestrial Ecosystem
2. Aquatic Ecosystem
According to the degree of human intervention –
1. Natural ecosystem
2. Artificial or Man made ecosystem
Component of ecosystem- Abiotic and Biotic
Function of ecosystem
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In this episode, we are going to learn the following aspects:
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3. 3
INDEX
Sl No. Contents Page No.
1 Introduction 4
2 Components of Eco system 5-6
3 Conclusion 7
4 Reference 8
4. 4
INTRODUCTION
An ecosystem consists of the biological community that occurs in some
locale, and the physical and chemical factors that make up its non-living or
abiotic environment. There are many examples of ecosystems -- a pond, a
forest, an estuary, a grassland. The boundaries are not fixed in any objective
way, although sometimes they seem obvious, as with the shoreline of a small
pond. Usually the boundaries of an ecosystem are chosen for practical reasons
having to do with the goals of the particular study.
The study of ecosystems mainly consists of the study of certain processes
that link the living, or biotic, components to the non-living, or abiotic,
components. Energy transformations andbiogeochemical cycling are the main
processes that comprise the field of ecosystem ecology. As we learned earlier,
ecology generally is defined as the interactions of organisms with one another
and with the environment in which they occur. We can study ecology at the
level of the individual, the population, the community, and the ecosystem.
Studies of individuals are concerned mostly about physiology, reproduction,
development or behavior, and studies of populations usually focus on the habitat
and resource needs of individual species, their group behaviors, population
growth, and what limits their abundance or causes extinction. Studies
of communities examine how populations of many species interact with one
another, such as predators and their prey, or competitors that share common
needs or resources.
In ecosystem ecology we put all of this together and, insofar as we can,
we try to understand how the system operates as a whole. This means that,
rather than worrying mainly about particular species, we try to focus on major
functional aspects of the system.
5. 5
COMPONENTS OF AN ECOSYSTEM
1. Abiotic Substances:
These include basic inorganic and organic compounds ofthe environment or
habitat of the organism. The inorganic components of an ecosystem are carbon
dioxide, water, nitrogen, calcium, phosphate, all of which are involved in matter
cycles (biogeochemical cycles).
The organic components of an ecosystemare proteins, carbohydrates,
lipids and amino acids, all of which are synthesized by the biota (flora and
fauna) of an ecosystemand are reached to ecosystem as their wastes, dead
remains, etc, The climate, temperature, light, soil, etc., are other abiotic
components of the ecosystem.
2. Producers:
Producers are autotrophic organisms like chemosynthetic and photosynthetic
bacteria, blue green algae, algae and all other green plants. They are called
ecosystemproducers because they capture energy from non-organic sources,
especially light, and store some of the energy the form of chemical bonds, for
the later use.
Algae of various types are the most important producers of aquatic
ecosystems, although in estuaries and marshes, grasses may be important as
producers. Terrestrial ecosystems have trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, and mosses
that contribute with varying importance to the production of the ecosystem.
Since heterotrophic organisms depend on plants and other autotrophic
Organisms like bacteria and algae for their nutrition, the amount of energy that
the producers capture, sets the limit on the availability of energy for the
ecosystem. Thus, when a green plant captures a certain amount of energy from
sunlight, it is said to “produce”the energy for the ecosystem.
6. 6
3. Consumers:
They are heterotrophic organisms in the ecosystemwhich eat other living
creatures. There are herbivores, which eat plants, and carnivores, which eat
other animals. They are also called phagotrophs or macroconsumers. Sometimes
herbivores are called primary macroconsumers and carnivores are called
secondaryMacroconsumers.
4. Reducers orDecomposers:
Reducers, decomposers, saprotrophs orMacroconsumers are heterotrophic
organisms that breakdown dead and waste matter. Fungi and certain bacteria are
the prime representatives of this category. Enzymes are secreted by their cells
into or onto dead plant and animal debris. These chemicals digest the dead
organism into smaller bits or molecules, which can be absorbed bythe fungi or
bacteria (saprotrophs).
The decomposers take the energy and matter that they harvest during this
feeding process fortheir own metabolism. Heat is liberated in each chemical
conversion along the metabolic pathway.
No ecosystem could function long without decomposers. Dead organisms
would pile up without rotting, as would waste products. It would not be long
before an essential element, phosphorus, forexample, would be first in short
supply and then gone altogether, because the dead corpses littering the
landscape would be hoarding the entire supply.
Thus, the importance of the decomposers to the ecosystem is that they
tear apart organisms and in their metabolic processes release to the environment
atoms and molecules that can be reused again by autotrophic organisms. They
are not important to the ecosystemfrom the energy point of view but from the
material (nutrient) point of view. Energy cannot be recycled, but matter can be.
Energy must be fed into ecosystem to keep up with the dissipation of heat or the
increase in entropy.
7. 7
CONCLUSION
An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with
the nonliving components of their environment (things like air, water and
mineral soil), interacting as a system. These biotic and abiotic components are
regarded as linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. As
ecosystems are defined by the network of interactions among organisms, and
between organisms and their environment, they can be of any size but usually
encompass specific, limited spaces (although some scientists say that the entire
planet is an ecosystem).
Energy, water, nitrogen and soil minerals are other essential abiotic
components of an ecosystem. The energy that flows through ecosystems is
obtained primarily from the sun. It generally enters the system
through photosynthesis, a process that also captures carbon from the
atmosphere. By feeding on plants and on one another, animals play an important
role in the movement of matter and energy through the system. They also
influence the quantity of plant and microbial biomass present. By breaking
down dead organic matter, decomposers release carbon back to the atmosphere
and facilitate nutrient cycling by converting nutrients stored in dead biomass
back to a form that can be readily used by plants and other microbes