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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_22%3A_Biodiversity/22.6%3A_Patterns_in_BiodiversityBeyond purely scientific goals and satisfying curiosity, this understanding is essential for applied issues of major concern to humankind, such as the spread of invasive species, the control of diseas...Beyond purely scientific goals and satisfying curiosity, this understanding is essential for applied issues of major concern to humankind, such as the spread of invasive species, the control of diseases and their vectors, and the likely effects of global climate change on the maintenance of biodiversity (Gaston 2000).
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Biology_(Kimball)/17%3A_Ecology/17.01%3A_Energy_Flow_through_the_Biosphere/17.1C%3A_BiomesThis page discusses various biomes, including their distinct plant communities and climate influences, with eight major types identified: tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, scrub forest, grass...This page discusses various biomes, including their distinct plant communities and climate influences, with eight major types identified: tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, scrub forest, grassland, desert, tropical rain forest, and temperate rain forest. Each biome's characteristics, like the nutrient-poor tropical rain forest and adaptable desert ecosystems, highlight species and environmental interactions.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/22%3A_Biodiversity/22.03%3A_Patterns_in_BiodiversityFigure \PageIndex{4}: Biodiversity hotspots and some of their endemic species. (a) Melanesian Islands ["Solomon Islands" by Jim Lounsbury is available for open access]; (b) Emerald Lakes, New Zeal...Figure \PageIndex{4}: Biodiversity hotspots and some of their endemic species. (a) Melanesian Islands ["Solomon Islands" by Jim Lounsbury is available for open access]; (b) Emerald Lakes, New Zealand [Photo by Marcus Holland-Moritz is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0]; (c) Diademed sifaca, one of the endemic lemur species from Mantadia National Park, Madagascar ["Diademed ready to push off" by Michael Hogan is available in the public domain]; (d) Maned wolf, the largest canid of South America, a…
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Thompson_Rivers_University/Principles_of_Biology_II_OL_ed/04%3A_Ecology/4.04%3A_Ecosystems_and_the_Biosphere/4.4.02%3A_Energy_Flow_through_EcosystemsAll living things require energy in one form or another. Energy is required by most complex metabolic pathways (often in the form of adenosine triphosphate, ATP), especially those responsible for buil...All living things require energy in one form or another. Energy is required by most complex metabolic pathways (often in the form of adenosine triphosphate, ATP), especially those responsible for building large molecules from smaller compounds, and life itself is an energy-driven process. Living organisms would not be able to assemble macromolecules (proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and complex carbohydrates) from their monomeric subunits without a constant energy input.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Biotechnology/Quality_Assurance_and_Regulatory_Affairs_for_the_Biosciences/02%3A_Introduction_to_Quality_Principles/2.06%3A_Section_6-Every company develops a routine way of doing things, but what happens when the way they are doing things no longer works for reasons out of their control? What if the market changes? What happens whe...Every company develops a routine way of doing things, but what happens when the way they are doing things no longer works for reasons out of their control? What if the market changes? What happens when the customer needs change? What about the needs of their workforce? How an organization adapts to a rapidly changing market and customer base is crucial to its survival.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_19%3A_Food_Webs/19.2%3A_Quantifying_Food_WebsFrom left to right, top to bottom: (a) Gonatus sp. (squid) feeding on a bathylagid fish (Bathylagidae); (b) Periphylla periphylla, the helmet jellyfish, feeding on a gonatid squid (Gonatidae), with a ...From left to right, top to bottom: (a) Gonatus sp. (squid) feeding on a bathylagid fish (Bathylagidae); (b) Periphylla periphylla, the helmet jellyfish, feeding on a gonatid squid (Gonatidae), with a small narcomedusa (Aegina sp.) also captured; (c) an undescribed physonect siphonophore known as ‘the galaxy siphonophore’ feeding on a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae; (d) a narcomedusa, Solmissus, ingesting a salp chain (Salpida); (e) the ctenophore Thalassocalyce inconstans, with a euphaus…
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Biology_I_and_II/06%3A_Unit_VI-_Ecology/6.1%3A_Ecosystems_and_the_Biosphere/6.1.2%3A_Energy_Flow_through_EcosystemsAll living things require energy in one form or another. Energy is required by most complex metabolic pathways (often in the form of adenosine triphosphate, ATP), especially those responsible for buil...All living things require energy in one form or another. Energy is required by most complex metabolic pathways (often in the form of adenosine triphosphate, ATP), especially those responsible for building large molecules from smaller compounds, and life itself is an energy-driven process. Living organisms would not be able to assemble macromolecules (proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and complex carbohydrates) from their monomeric subunits without a constant energy input.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Principles_of_Biology/03%3A_Chapter_3/26%3A_Ecosystems/26.02%3A_Energy_Flow_through_EcosystemsAs illustrated in Figure \PageIndex{2}, large amounts of energy are lost from the ecosystem from one trophic level to the next level as energy flows from the primary producers through the various ...As illustrated in Figure \PageIndex{2}, large amounts of energy are lost from the ecosystem from one trophic level to the next level as energy flows from the primary producers through the various trophic levels of consumers and decomposers. Organisms in an ecosystem acquire energy in a variety of ways, which is transferred between trophic levels as the energy flows from the bottom to the top of the food web, with energy being lost at each transfer.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Biology_(Kimball)/17%3A_Ecology/17.01%3A_Energy_Flow_through_the_Biosphere/17.1A%3A_Ecosystem_ProductivityThis page discusses the energy availability in tropical regions, where daily energy received is 8,000 to 10,000 kilocalories per square meter, with only 2.2% trapped by plants. Net productivity indica...This page discusses the energy availability in tropical regions, where daily energy received is 8,000 to 10,000 kilocalories per square meter, with only 2.2% trapped by plants. Net productivity indicates energy stored post-respiration, showing variances among ecosystems such as tropical rainforests at 15,000 kcal/m²/year. Humans utilize about 20% of this net productivity for resources, and activities like urban development and deforestation diminish global productivity.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/4.4%3A_Ecosystems_and_the_Biosphere/4.4.02%3A_Energy_Flow_through_EcosystemsAll living things require energy in one form or another. Energy is required by most complex metabolic pathways (often in the form of adenosine triphosphate, ATP), especially those responsible for buil...All living things require energy in one form or another. Energy is required by most complex metabolic pathways (often in the form of adenosine triphosphate, ATP), especially those responsible for building large molecules from smaller compounds, and life itself is an energy-driven process. Living organisms would not be able to assemble macromolecules (proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and complex carbohydrates) from their monomeric subunits without a constant energy input.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/19%3A_Food_Webs/19.02%3A_Quantifying_Food_WebsFrom left to right, top to bottom: (a) Gonatus sp. (squid) feeding on a bathylagid fish (Bathylagidae); (b) Periphylla periphylla, the helmet jellyfish, feeding on a gonatid squid (Gonatidae), with a ...From left to right, top to bottom: (a) Gonatus sp. (squid) feeding on a bathylagid fish (Bathylagidae); (b) Periphylla periphylla, the helmet jellyfish, feeding on a gonatid squid (Gonatidae), with a small narcomedusa (Aegina sp.) also captured; (c) an undescribed physonect siphonophore known as ‘the galaxy siphonophore’ feeding on a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae; (d) a narcomedusa, Solmissus, ingesting a salp chain (Salpida); (e) the ctenophore Thalassocalyce inconstans, with a euphaus…
