BIOB50H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Nitrifying Bacteria, Parent Material, Terrestrial Ecosystem

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All of components of an ecological system biotic and abiotic that influence the flow of energy and elements: primarily nutrients and also pollutants. Energy in ecosystems originates with primary production by autotrophs primary production. Derived from the fixation of carbon during photosynthesis and chemosynthesis. Important energy transition: the conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy that can be used by autotrophs and consumed by heterotrophs. Accounts for the largest movement of carbon dioxide between earth and he atmosphere and it is therefore an important influence on global climate. Carbon is the currency used for the measurement of primary production. Rate of primary production is sometimes referred to as primary productivity. Gross primary production is total ecosystem photosynthesis: gros primary production. Amount of carbon fixed by the autotrophs in an ecosystem. Equivalent to the total of all plant photosynthesis.

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