Ch. 22.1 Energy in Ecosystems pp.415-419 Producers = autotrophs; they produce their own food Auto= self, troph=feeding 1st energy level Photosynthesis = making food using light energy Plants, most common Energy from the sun chemosythesis = making food using chemical energy Bacteria, rare
Ch. 22.1 Energy in Ecosystems pp.415-419 Biomass = the amount (mass) of biological material in an ecosystem Everything that is eaten for energy is or was living E is measured in units of Calories Net primary production = the amount of E that can move on to the second trophic level Net = what is left over E = Energy
Ch. 22.1 Energy in Ecosystems pp.415-419 Consumers = eaters, they consume other organisms for E Herbivores= eat producers Carnivores= eat consumers Omnivores= eat both Detritivores= eat dead things (clean things up) Vultures, maggots Decomposers = break down dead things Fungi turning a stump to soil
Ch. 22.1 Energy in Ecosystems pp.415-419 E flows through the ecosystem: Average of 10% transfer from one trophic level to the next Almost always less biomass up the food chain Calculate by dividing biomass by the previous level biomass 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑠 = 1000 𝐶 10000 𝐶 = 0.1 = 10%
Ch. 22.1 Energy in Ecosystems pp.415-419 Food chain = single E path Linear grass> rabbit> coyote Usually all E starts from Sun Food web = interactions of all food chains in an ecosystem
Ch. 22.1 Energy in Ecosystems pp.415-419 If you take out any one level of the trophic chain it can have affects on all the other levels: …and even the abiotic ecosystem. Wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q