Biotic and Abiotic Environmental Factors
Levels of Organization in Ecology
15.2 Trophic Levels and Food Chains
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
15.3 Energy Flow Through Ecosystems
Laws of Thermodynamics
The Pyramid of Energy
The Pyramid of Numbers
The Pyramid of Biomass
15.4 The Cycling of Materials in Ecosystems—Biogeochemical Cycles
The Carbon Cycle
The Hydrologic Cycle
The Nitrogen Cycle
The Phosphorus Cycle
Nutrient Cycles and Geologic Time
15.5 Human Use of Ecosystems
The Conversion of Ecosystems to Human Use
The Energy Pyramid and Human Nutrition
OUTLOOKS 15.1: Changes in the Food Chain of the Great Lakes
OUTLOOKS 15.2: Dead Zones
HOW SCIENCE WORKS 15.1: Scientists Accumulate Knowledge About Climate Change
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