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15.1 What Is Ecology?
    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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