ecosytem for dumbies like me Flashcards
population
all member of the same species in the same habitat
ecosystem
a dynamic system made form a community and aboitic factors that interact
habitat
where a species lives characterised by the environment and other species
community
all species living in a habitat and they all interact
niche
the role of an organism in a habitat and how it fits in
no two species live in the same niche
carrying capacity
the maximum population of an ecosystem
types of sampling for slow organism
transect and quadrats
quadrats
use two taps and put them 90 degrees to each other use a grid and split into equal squares 10x10 use numbers/ coordinates use random generator ' calculate cover repeat get mean calculate total meanx number of quadrats
transect
at 90 degrees to shoreline place quadrat every 2 m count cover repeat 30x at different right angles at the beach find mean
local accuracy
quick
poor accuracy
large organism
% cover
how many full squares ‘‘accurate
time-consuming
subjective to what is a full square
secondary succession
succession has been interrupted
only soil
large sample
reliable
can do stats test
remove
mark capture release
capture sample collect and mark and release
does not harm
give time for it to distribute back into habitat randomly
collect
equation
how to calculate productivity
energy/ mass
