ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEM
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Biodiversity is the degree of variation between individuals in a variety of different species living within an ecosystem.
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The environment is the abiotic components of the ecosystem, including temperature, water availability and nutrient availability.
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The community is the sum of all the living organisms in a place at a particular time; for example, the algae, coral polyps, fish, sharks, sea snails, shellfish and sea stars on a coral reef.
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Topography refers to the arrangement of the size and shape of human-made features of a specific area of Earth
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ecological Niche: An organism’s role or occupation within a community.
Detailed explanation-2: -Biodiversity is the variety of all living things; the different plants, animals and micro organisms, the genetic information they contain and the ecosystems they form.
Detailed explanation-3: -A niche refers to the role of a species in its ecosystem. It includes all the ways that the species interacts with the biotic and abiotic factors of the environment. Two important aspects of a species’ niche are the food it eats and how the food is obtained.
Detailed explanation-4: -Coral reefs are believed by many to have the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem on the planet-even more than a tropical rainforest. Occupying less than one percent of the ocean floor, coral reefs are home to more than 25% of all marine life.