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  1. 2. BIOMES WHERE FRESH AND SALTWATER MEET - TYPICALLY VERYPRODUCTIVE AREAS DUE TO INFLUX OF NUTRIENTS FROM TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  2. 5. FIRST SPECIES TO INVADE OR POPULATE AN AREA, TYPICALLY A LICHENIN PRIMARY SUCCESSION
  3. 8. INCLUDES SUBSTANCES THAT MAY DAMAGE THE QUALITY OF LAND,WATER, AND AIR
  4. 15. MEASUREMENT OF THE VARIETY AND RICHNESS OF AN ECOSYSTEM,MEASURED IN PART BY SPECIES RICHNESS, SPECIES EVENNESS, AND ENDEMIC SPECIES
  5. 16. NON-NATIVE SPECIES IN A COMMUNITY, OFTEN ABLE TO OUTCOMPETEENDEMIC SPECIES BECAUSE THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE LIMITING FACTORS THEYEVOLVED WITH
  6. 17. CREATED FROM A MUTUALISTIC SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN APLANT AND A FUNGUS OFTEN THE PIONEER SPECIES IN PRIMARY SUCCESSION
  7. 20. POCKETS ECOSYSTEMS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN NEARDIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES PRODUCERS IN THIS ECOSYSTEM USECHEMOSYNTHESIS
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  1. 1. THE INTRODUCTION OF HARMFUL MATERIALS INTO THE ENVIRONMENTOFTEN FROM HUMAN SOURCES
  2. 3. NO 2 SPECIES CAN OCCUPY THE SAME NICHE IN AN ECOSYSTEM, ONESPECIES WILL OUTCOMPETE THE OTHERS
  3. 4. LAND ECOSYSTEMS CHARACTERIZED BY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ANDPRECIPITATION
  4. 6. LONG TERM CHANGES IN AVERAGE GLOBAL TEMPERATURES CAUSESCHANGES IN WEATHER PATTERNS HUMAN INTERACTIONS WITH ECOSYSTEMS HAVEACCELERATED THIS PROCESS
  5. 7. WHEN HUMAN POPULATIONS BECOME SO LARGE THEY ARE NOT ABLETO BE SUPPORTED BY ECOSYSTEMS POPULATIONS ARE HIGHER THAN CARRYINGCAPACITY
  6. 9. VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE FEEDING INTERACTIONS INECOSYSTEMS HELPS SHOW INTERCONNECTEDNESS AMONG SPECIES
  7. 10. AQUATIC REGIONS WHERE SUNLIGHT PENETRATES, ABLE TO SUPPORTPHOTOSYNTHESIS
  8. 11. KEY ORGANISMS IN AN ECOSYSTEM THAT HELP STABILIZE OR MAINTAINTHAT ECOSYSTEM
  9. 12. PREDICTABLE CHANGES IN AN ECOSYSTEM AFTER A DISTURBANCE ASIT PROGRESSES TOWARD REESTABLISHING A MATURE CLIMAX COMMUNITY - SOME SOILALREADY EXISTS
  10. 13. PREDICTABLE CHANGES IN AN ECOSYSTEM AS IT PROGRESSES FROMPIONEER SPECIES ON BARE ROCK TO A MATURE CLIMAX COMMUNITY - STARTS WITH NOSOIL
  11. 14. MATURE FORM OF AN ECOSYSTEM, END RESULT OF BIOLOGICALSUCCESSION
  12. 18. AQUATIC REGIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE SUNLIGHT, UNABLE TO SUPPORTPHOTOSYNTHESIS
  13. 19. SPECIES THAT EVOLVE AND ARE ONLY FOUND IN ONE ISOLATEDGEOGRAPHIC LOCATION