Chapter 16 Ecosystems and Biomes

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Chapter 16Ecosystems and Biomes
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Ecosystems and Biomes

• Ecosystem Components and Cycles  
• Stability and Succession  
• Earths Major Terrestrial Biomes

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Abiotic and Biotic Components
Figure 16.2
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Photosynthesis and Respiration
Figure 16.4
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Net Primary Productivity
Figure 16.5
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Temperature and Precipitation
Figure 16.6
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Life Zones
Figure 16.7
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Carbon and Oxygen Cycles
Figure 16.8
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The Nitrogen Cycle
Figure 16.9
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The Dead Zone
Figure 16.10
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Limiting Factors

• Liebigs Law of the Minimum
• The most limiting factor will control the growth
  of an organism

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Limiting Factors
Figure 16.11
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Energy, Nutrient, and Food Pathways
Figure 16.12
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Food Webs demonstrate the complexity of feeding
levels in a natural system
See Figure 16.13
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Stability and Succession

• Ecosystem Stability and Diversity  
• Ecological Succession  

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Primary Succession progresses from bare rock
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Secondary Succession starts with soil and seedbank
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Present and Predicted Distribution
Figure 16.16
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Disturbances
Figure 16.17
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Ecological Succession
Figure 16.18
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Mount St. Helens
Figure 16.19
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Mount St. Helens
Figure 16.19
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Mount St. Helens
Figure 16.19
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Mount St. Helens
Figure 16.19
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Mount St. Helens
Figure 16.19
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Yellowstone Wildfire Recovery
Figure 16.21
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Aquatic Succession
Figure 16.22
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Major Terrestrial Biomes
Figure 16.23
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Rain Forest Canopy
Figure 16.24
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Deforestation of the Tropics
Figure 16.26
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Temperate Rain Forest
Figure 16.31
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Mediterranean Chaparral
Figure 16.32
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Sonoran Desert
Figure 16.34
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Alpine Tundra
Figure 16.35
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End of Chapter 16
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