ecosystem productivity principles of ecology. primary productivity the rate at which producers...
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Ecosystem Productivity
Principles of Ecology
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Primary productivity The rate at which producers capture & store
energy in their tissues Gross = total Net = after respiration The most productive ecosystems in the world estuaries, swamps, marshes, tropical rain forest
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Factors influencing primary productivity Climate & nutrients Morphology & size of organism Rainfall Temperature Season Soil (mineral & nutrient availability)
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Net primary production per unit area of the world’s common ecosystems
www.globalchange.umich.edu/
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Trophic Levels Feeding levels with respect to primary source
of energy Producers & consumers each occupy a
different trophic level Energy is lost at each level
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Trophic Levels1st Trophic Level
Producers Plants
2nd Trophic Level Primary Consumers
Herbivores
3rd Trophic Level Secondary Consumers
Carnivores
HEAT HEAT
Decomposer
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Biomass Pyramids
1st Trophic LevelProducers Plants
2nd Trophic LevelHerbivores
3rd Trophic LevelCarnivores HEAT
Decomposer
HEAT
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Biomass Pyramid The total weight of all living organisms Biomass at each trophic level
biomass pyramid
Biomass pyramid(grams/m2)
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37
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1.5
Producers
Herbivores
Primary carnivores
Top carnivores
Detrivores/decomposers5
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Biomass Pyramids
1st Trophic LevelProducers Plants
2nd Trophic LevelHerbivores
3rd Trophic LevelCarnivores HEAT
Decomposer
HEAT
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Biomass Pyramids
HEAT
Decomposer
HEAT
At each levelsome biomass is not passed
to next higher level
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Biomass decreases at higher trophic levels
Not all biomass is consumed from one trophic level to next Not all that is consumed Not all that is consumed is digestible Not all that is digested is turned into mass Part of mass is converted to energy or heat Lost mass is available for decomposition
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VegetarianismShorter food chain/web = less loss of energy
Supports idea that vegetarianism is the best way to feed a large population
Results in a decrease of human position on food chain
Will this solve the worldfood problem?
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Cellulose most abundant, naturally occuring organic molecule on earth
Humans can’t digest it Ruminants can digest it
Cattle, sheep, goats Deer, bison, antelope, moose, elk
“Hind-gut fermentors” can digest cellulose Horses, rabbits, some rodents
The “Cellulose Solution”
Drawing by Mike Hale
Cellulose