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DP Environmental systems and societies
Topic 2
The ecosystem
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2.5 FUNCTION
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Ecosystem function
• Producers, consumers, and decomposers all have their part to play in cycling materials and energy in the ecosystem
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Energy cycles
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Material cycles
• Refer to Topic 1 ppt
Also• Photosynthesis• Photosynthesis and respiration• Carbon cycle
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Nitrogen inthe air
animal protein
dead plants & animalsurine & faeces
ammonia
nitrites
nitrates
plant madeprotein
dead rabbit
decomposition by bacteria & fungi
bacteria
(nitrifying bacteria)
nitrates absorbed
denitrifyingbacteriaroot nodules
(containing nitrogen fixing bacteria)
nitrogen fixing planteg pea, clover
bacteria
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Terminology
Primary productivity – the gain by producers (autotrophs) in energy or biomass per unit area per unit time
Secondary productivity – the biomass gained by heterotrophic organisms through feeding or absorption
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Terminology
Gross productivity (GP) – the total gain in energy or biomass per unit area per unit time
Gross primary productivity (GPP) - GP of primary producers
Gross secondary productivity (GSP) – GP absorbed in consumers
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Terminology
Net productivity (NP) – the gain in energy or biomass per unit area per unit time after allowing for respiratory losses (R).
Net primary productivity (NPP) – NP for producers NPP = GPP – R.
Net secondary productivity (NSP) – NP for consumers NSP = GSP – R.
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• Would you consider open ocean or tropical rainforest to be the most productive? Why?
• (consider area)
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Is this primary or secondary productivity?
Gross or net productivity?
Biomass or energy?
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2.6 CHANGES
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Limiting factors
• Temperature
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Limiting factors
• Food source
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Limiting factors
Density dependent(negative feedback)• Competition for
resources• Space• Disease• Parasitism• Predation• Population size
Density independent• Extremes of weather• Long-term climate
change• Volcanoes and
tsunamis
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S and J curves - animation
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r strategists
K strategists
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r strategists K strategists
Initial colonizers Dominant species
Large numbers of a few species
Diverse range of species
Highly adaptable Generalists
Rapid growth and development
Slow development
Early reproduction Delayed reproduction
Short life Longer living
Small size Larger size
Very productive Less productive
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2.6.5 Succession
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Succession 繼承法Predictable changes in a community
Knowing what animals and plants will dominate next
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Primary successionA series of changes that occurs where no organisms
exist
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Pioneer speciesThe first species in primary succession
Pioneer species
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Secondary successionA series of changes that occurs when there are
organisms to begin with
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Secondary successionA series of changes that occurs when there are
organisms to begin with
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Figure 53.18 Patchiness and recovery following a large-scale disturbance
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Figure 53.18x1 Large-scale disturbance: Mount St. Helens
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Figure 53.18x2 Forest fire
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Figure 53.19 A glacial retreat in southeastern Alaska
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Table 53.2 The Pattern of Succession on Moraines in Glacier Bay
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Figure 53.20 Change in soil nitrogen concentration during succession after glacial retreat in Glacier Bay, Alaska
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Figure 53.20 Alders and cottonwoods covering the hillsides
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Figure 53.20 Spruce coming into the alder and cottonwood forest
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Figure 53.20 Spruce and hemlock forest
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Terminology
Zonation – different to succession – difference due to environmental gradient (eg. altitude)
Succession occurs over several seral stages where each sere is a set of communities.
Plagiosere – humans prevent a climax community – growing crops
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Hydrosere (water)
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Lithosere (rock) – one type of xerosere (land)
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Psammosere (sand) – one type of xerosere (land)
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Climax community• Greater biomass• Higher levels of diversity• Better soil conditions• Better soil structure• Lower pH• Taller and longer living plants• More K less r strategists• More complexity and stability• More habitat diversity• Steady state equilibrium• Production:respiration ratio P/R reaches 1
(not ideal for agriculture)
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2.7 MEASURING CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM
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Evaluating transects • Same time of day (abiotic and
biotic variables)• Samples taken througout the year
(seasonal variations)• Repeat transects for reliable data
(minimum 3 times)• Random number generator for
where to take transects to eliminate bias
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Measuring changes – human activity
• Satellite images
eg. deforestation • Monitoring stations
eg. Taiwan EPA• Erosion rates
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Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)• To decide if the project will be too
damaging or not, and to mitigate any damage.
1. Baseline study
2. Monitoring during and after development
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Variables in EIA
• Habitat type and abundance• Species list and diversity including
endangered species• Land use – access and coverage• Water flow• Human population• Soil quality and fertility• Example EIA for a dam project