PPT-Nutrient cycles and global ecosystems

Getting started Youll need a notepad on which to make notes as you go along or you could make notes paste images etc on your device You can view these slides as a slideshow for any animations and to follow links. Understanding Nutrient Budgeting • What are Nutrient Budgets? – Simply a method of accounting for nutrients that come into and leave your farm Nutrient Budgeting , Brief History Deve Lake Victoria. Incredible diversity of cichlid fishes.. More than half of the 500 species now endangered.. Nile perch. Increased phytoplankton. Cyanobacteria. Lake Victoria. Algal bloom causes and increasing rate of decomposition as algae die off.. Types of Saltwater Ecosystems. Ocean. http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view?assetGuid. =ef5f2a34-edd4-4a8b-8d55. -. 881e5402994f. . Estuary. http. ://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=lake+. GEOSS Symposium: The Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing. 16 November 2009. Anthony C. Janetos, Director. Joint Global Change Research Institute. Chair, GOFC-GOLD. Outline. The context of ecosystem services. There are two main categories of freshwater ecosystems. What is the main . difference between. these two ecosystems? . Standing water . v. . flowing-water ecosystems. Standing water—staying still, not moving. 4.2 pgs. 94 - 100. Biomes. A large geographical region with a specific range of temperatures and precipitation, and the organisms that are adapted to those conditions of temperature and precipitation. Living things need a place to live and grow.. . Fish live in water.. Birds live in trees and fly through the air.. Plants grow where there is soil, water and sun.. Main Idea and Details. ENVIRONMENT. Explain how biomes are characterized. Describe how net primary production varies among biomes. Explain how organisms are adapted to the conditions of their biomes. Describe the criteria ecologist use to classify aquatic systems. - Jacques Ives Cousteau. 2. New Orleans is nested between the mouth of the Mississippi River and the brackish estuary of Lake Pontchartrain.. 3. A series of floodwalls, or levees, protects the city from ocean surges from large storms.. SUMMER INSTITUTE. June 23-25, 2015. Presented by. UNC INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK. A TIME FOR SCIENCE NATURE AND SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER. Funded by . THE EDDIE AND JO ALLISON SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION. Some of the chemical building blocks of life, called . macronutrients. , are required by organisms in large quantities. Water . –. Carbon. Hydrogen . –. Oxygen. Nitrogen . –. Phosphorous. The . altiplano. is a high plateau in the Andean regions of two South American nations.. The . varzea. , or “flooded forest,” is found mainly along the Amazon River in this nation.. The . cerrado. What is ecology?. It is the science that studies how . organisms. relate to each other and their . environment. .. Considers both . biotic. (living) and . abiotic. (nonliving) aspects.. Examples of abiotic factors: . AICE Marine. Detritus:. What is it?. How does it fit in to a food web/chain?. Who/what consumes it?. Detritus:. What is it? . Dead, decaying organic matter . How does it fit into a food web/chain? .