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Ecosystems are finely balanced; they are very complex and made up of
many parts, but every part of an ecosystem, from a rock to a jellyfish
to a particular water current, has a role to play. Organisms depend on
and are controlled by the physical and chemical environmental
conditions in an ecosystem, and they can also change their
environments in various ways. Sometimes by changing one part of an
ecosystem, the whole ecosystem can change a common example of
this is changing the nutrient input (chemical conditions) in a water
body, leading toeutrophication.
Components of an Ecosystem
ABIOTIC COMPONENTS
BIOTIC COMPONENTS
Sunlight
Primary producers
Temperature
Herbivores
Precipitation
Carnivores
Water or moisture
Omnivores
Marine Ecosystem
Marine Ecosystem
- The marine ecosystem is the largest ecosystem after the whole of Planet
Earth because water accounts for more than 70 % of Earths surface. They are
distinguished from freshwater ecosystems by the presence of dissolved
compounds, especiallysalts, in the waters.
Such places are considered ecosystems because the plant life supports the
animal life and vice versa.
Marine ecosystems can be divided into many zones depending upon water
depth and shoreline features.
1. Theoceaniczone is the vast open part of the ocean where animals such as
whales, sharks, and tuna live.
Freshwater ecosystems
Coastal Ecosystems