populations and ecosystems

2 per litre of water. A weak organic waste has a BOD less then 1500 mg/ litre, a strong one has higher than this. A survey of the river Yamuna recorded BOD of 2000 at Delhi, 9000 at Mathura and 12,000 at Agra. Shifts in biodiversity of animals and plants in polluted ecosystem. Imbalance ..

The characteristic structure of an ecosystem is obtained by the systematic physical organisation of the abiotic and biotic components of that particular ecosystem. The two main structural features of any ecosystem are its 'species composition' and 'stratification'. An ..

Structure and function in living systems Reproduction and heredity Regulation and behavior Populations and ecosystems Diversity and adaptations of organism..

Structure and function in living systems Reproduction and heredity Regulation and behavior Populations and ecosystems Diversity and adaptations of organism..

Biodiversity Changes in an ecosystem Fluctuations in population size in an ecosystem Water, carbon, and nitrogen - cycle between abiotic resources and organic matter in the ecosystem Oxygen cycles via photosynthesis and respiration Stability of producer..

Biodiversity Changes in an ecosystem Fluctuations in population size in an ecosystem Water, carbon, and nitrogen - cycle between abiotic resources and organic matter in the ecosystem Oxygen cycles via photosynthesis and respiration Stability of producer..

'The amount of organic matter or biomass produced by an individual organism, population, community or ecosystem during a given period of time is called productivity'. Primary production refers to all or any part of the energy fixed by plants possessing chlorophyll. The total amo..

"The series of populations or organisms of an ecosystem through which food and energy contained in it passes with each member becoming the food of the later is called a food chain". For e.g., a) Food chain observed in a river: The transfer of food energy from plant sources ..

>Pyramid of Numbers in a Aquatic Ecosystem So, the producers are smallest sized but maximum in number while, top carnivores are larger in size but lesser in number, so these cannot be used as prey by another. Hence the pyramid of numbers is uprigh..

2 = carnivore order-2) The food chains and other such interrelationships in the ecosystems create a balance in the environment that is called the ecological balance. Man is also a part of these food chains and webs. However, man tries to modify the environment to suit his needs unlike t..