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Ecosystem issues
Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | All the living and nonliving things in an given area. |
| Food Web | a model of energy transfer that can show how the food chains in a community are interconnected. |
| Population | All the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time. |
| Dynamic Equilibrium | a balance between different parts of the ecosystem. |
| energy Pyramid | a model that shows the amount of energy available in each link of a food chain. |
| Natural Disaster | an event caused by nature that results in widespread damage. |
| Nutrient loading | is the addition of nutrients, often nitrogen, into ecosystems as a result of human activity |
| Eutrophication | the process of a body of water becoming nutrient-rich. |