Chapter 54 - Ecosystem Ecology
Be able to define or list the following:
 

ecosystem
 
ecosystem dynamics
 
general compartments and energy and matter flow in an ecosystem (Fig. 54.2)
 
energy transformations
 
matter processing
 
primary production
 
average value of primary production
 
measures of primary production
 
productivity of different ecosystems (Fig. 54.3)
 
GPP
 
NPP
 
R
 
production efficiency
 
trophic efficiency
 
assimilation
 
production
 
average value of trophic efficiency
 
production pyramid
 
biomass pyramid
 
standing crop
 
turnover rate
 
limits on production in terrestrial systems
 
limits on production in freshwater systems
 
limits on production in marine systems
 
nutrient cycling (54.16, 54.17, 54.18)
 
major features of H2O cycle
 
major features of C cycle
 
major features of N cycle
 
major features of P cycle
 


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