Some abiotic factors of a pond ecosystem are - water, temperature/sunlight, salinity, nutrients, pH of soil, carbon dioxide, oxygen. Find... View Article
Pond is a lentic ecosystem. It includes biotic components (plants, microbes and animals) and abiotic components (water, air, sunlight), thus... View Article
Humans affect the flow of energy and alter the energy balance of the ecosystem of the earth at an increasing rate. When humans cause a change in... View Article
In an ideal ecosystem, the energy and material flow is balanced without any hindrance. Living entities are in perfect sync with their abiotic... View Article
Healthy wetlands and long-lived forests are good examples of sustainable biological systems. Sustainable ecosystems are biological environments... View Article
Basic Principles Of Ecosystem Sustainability are - For sustainability, ecosystems Use a non-depletable, non-polluting energy form - the sun... View Article
Few ways through which you could protect your ecosystem are - Planting more trees Switching to renewable sources of energy Judicious use... View Article
If soil is heavily treated with pesticides, it can cause populations of beneficial soil microbes to sharply reduce. Soil degrades when it loses... View Article
They kill insects by entering its body where they serve as effective poison. There are different means through which insecticides enter the body... View Article
Utilization of pesticides and fertilizers causes water, air and soil pollution. In soil, nitrous oxide generated by microbial action on inorganic... View Article
Pesticides give rise to air pollution. They can induce short-term server health hazards known as acute effects in addition to chronic effects... View Article
There are a few disadvantages of crop rotation - it is risky, improper Implementation causing harm than being advantageous, mandatory crop... View Article
Insecticides are synthesized in such a way that they impact target animals and not non-target animals (humans). They typically work like nerve... View Article
Healthy ecosystems comprise native animal and plant populations. They interact in balance with each other and abiotic components. Healthy... View Article
Rain, wind, predation, earthquakes - all of these are instances of natural phenomena influencing ecosystems. Humans affect the ecosystem by... View Article
There are several ways which can be included in everyday life to help improve the ecosystem, some of which are - Eliminating or reducing use... View Article
Coastal ecosystems have economic value apart from their aesthetic value. They support human livelihood and lives by providing food and other... View Article
