(par 3.10.2) What Happens if Something Disrupts the Ecosystem
by Kari Norborg Carter, Demand Media http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/happens-something-disrupts-ecosystem-38354.html Ecosystems are dynamic, ever-changing communities of interdependent organisms and their environment. When disaster strikes, natural ecosystems can be affected just as humans communities are. Natural and human-caused disturbances and disasters can alter or devastate an ecosystem temporarily or for an extended period of time. But like human communities, […]
(par 3.10.2) State of equilibrium
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-equilibrium.htm Equilibrium is a state in which no net change is occurring. Something in a state of equilibrium could be considered to be stable, balanced, or unchanging, and such a state is extremely rare, usually only existing for brief periods of time before something disturbs the balance. This concept is very important in the sciences, […]