EM Chapter 3
CHAPTER 3: ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING
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CHAPTER 3.1 NATURAL LAWS
Chapter 3.1.1: Thermodynamic laws
Chapter 3.1.2: Preservation of matter
Chapter 3.1.3: Limiting factors
Chapter 3.1.4: Trigger factors
Chapter 3.1.5: Holocenotic principle
CHAPTER 3.2: THE FUNCTIONING OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
Chapter 3.2.1: Photosynthesis
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20 Nov 22
Chapter 3.2.2: Food chain
Chapter 3.2.3: Food networks
CHAPTER 3.3: CYCLES IN THE ECOSYSTEM
Chapter 3.3.1: The hydrological cycle
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Chapter 3.3.2: Gaseous cycles
Chapter 3.3.3: Sedimentary cycles
Chapter 3.3.4: Circulation periods
CHAPTER 3.4: FOOD PYRAMIDS AND ENERGY FLOW
Chapter 3.4.1: Food pyramids according to numbers and mass
Chapter 3.4.2: Food pyramids according to Energy flow
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20 Nov 22
CHAPTER 3.5: PRODUCTIVITY AND BIOMASS
Chapter 3.5.1: Primary production
Chapter 3.5.2: Secondary production
CHAPTER 3.6: POPULATION NUMBERS AND CARRYING CAPACITY
CHAPTER 3.7: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL MECHANISMS FOR POPULATION
Chapter 3.7.1: Predation
Chapter 3.7.2: Cannibalism, cronism and prolicide
Chapter 3.7.3: Symbiosis
Chapter 3.7.4: Commensalism and amensalism
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20 Nov 22
