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Chapter 5: Ecosystems-Energy, Patterns and Disturbances - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 5: Ecosystems-Energy, Patterns and Disturbances
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Ecosystem Disturbances
System Equilibrium often responses to disturbances and is when species interact constantly in a well-balanced relationship
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Primary succession is an area lacking plant and soil is initially invaded by plants when soil forms.
Secondary succession is an area that is cleared by fire, human activity or flooding and is left alone and reinvaded by plants and animals from other ecosystems.
Aquatic succession is soil particles eroded from land or plant detritus build up in ponds and lakes eventually filling them
Tipping Point is a situation in human impacted ecosystem where small action catalyzes major change in system state.
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Ecosystem Sustainability
Humans disturb the ecosystem through fracking, over population, oil spills, deforestation, building dams, pollution, constructio, etc.
Restoration- abiotic factors unaltered or can be returned to original state. must not be upset by foreign species that cannot be removed
Millenium Assessment is a four year project involving 1400 scientists and produced reports on the state of Earth's ecosystems