What is standing state in ecosystem?
It is the amount of inorganic nutrients present at any time in the soil or water ecosystem. It tends to vary from season to season and ecosystem to ecosystem.
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What is standing crop?
It is the amount of living biomass present in an ecosystem. Dry weight is preferred over fresh weight because, the latter is liable to be influenced by seasonal moist differences.
What is incomplete ecosystem?
According to Southwick (1976), the ecosystem that do not contain all the four basic components, i.e., abiotic substance, producers, consumers, decomposers re called incomplete ecosystem. Example- Abyssal depth of sea and caves lack producers but contain only consumers and decomposers.
What are the subdivisions of Ecology?
Ecology has been sub-divided into different fields so as to understand the subject in a more profitable way. Ecology can be commonly divided into animal ecology and plant ecology. However, two major subdivisions were preferred by ecologists. The whole subject was divided into autecology and synecology. Autecology deals with the study of individual species whereas [...]
Relation of Ecology to other science
Ecology is one of the main divisions of biology, the other two being morphology and physiology. The emphasis in morphology is on how organisms are made, in physiology on how they function, and in ecology, on how they live. These divisions overlap broadly. To appreciate fully the structure of an organ, one needs to know [...]
