BIO 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Biome, Gastrointestinal Tract, Phototroph
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Ecosystem ecology - mini exam next friday: ecology. The study of interactions between living organisms and their environment. Abiotic factors - dr balsih: ex; weather, wind currents. Biotic factors - dr. russell: ex; living or previously living things, biome. Major type of habitat characterized by distinctive living organisms: diff biomes globally where find sim types of organisms, ex; to find orchid - warm, canopy environmet. What determines where specific organisms are found: climate of envir determines, warmer = more nutrients = more biodiversity, extremes = fewer beings. Keep in mind scale: you have multiple microbiomes on/in your body! Includes biotic and abiotic factors in a particular area: marine ecosystems, boreal forest ecosystems, human intestine ecosystems. Made of communities of living organisms & the non-living things that affect them: communities = only living. Alterations to non-living factors can affect the communities. What organisms can live there o: ex; take an antibiotic -> kills infection and other bacteria in body = symptoms.
