Lecture 25: Community Ecology Flashcards
1
Q
What does photosynthesis / carbon fixation in a food web?
A
Primary Producers / Autotrophs
2
Q
Eats Primary Producer
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Primary Consumer
3
Q
Primary Consumers are:
A
Herbivores
4
Q
2 Limiting Factors of Trophic E transfer
A
- Primary Production
- Inefficiency of E Transfer
5
Q
Term for E transfer in trophic structures:
A
Trophic Efficiency
6
Q
Inorganic Carbon to Useful Carbon process:
A
Carbon Fixation
7
Q
Taking Nitrogen and converting it to useful process:
A
Nitrogen Fixation
8
Q
Co2 and N2 are mostly found in:
A
The Atmosphere
9
Q
Where is Phosphorus found?
A
Rocks, underground, etc
10
Q
What is the bottom of an aquatic biome known as?
A
Benthic Zone
11
Q
Freshwater and Moving - has currents
A
RIver
12
Q
Open ocean - wind driven currents: (PZ)
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Polagic Zones
13
Q
Still Freshwater
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Lake
14
Q
Clean Lake - high O2
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Oligotrophic
15
Q
Dirty Lake - low O2
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eutrophic (ewwwtrophic)
