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Community of living organisms together with the nonliving components of their environment
energy flows. Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal factors. External factors—including climate—control the ecosystem's structure, but are not
Ecosystem
Spatial arrangement and interrelationships of components within an ecosystem
Ecosystem structure refers to the spatial arrangement and interrelationships among the components of an ecosystem, a specific type of system. The smallest
Ecosystem_structure
Study of living and non-living components of ecosystems and their interactions
focus of ecosystem ecology is on functional processes, ecological mechanisms that maintain the structure and services produced by ecosystems. These include
Ecosystem_ecology
Benefits provided by intact ecosystems
"ecosystem functions", defined as "a subset of the interactions between ecosystem structure and processes that underpin the capacity of an ecosystem to
Ecosystem_service
Description of the condition of an ecosystem
Ecosystem health is a metaphor used to describe the condition of an ecosystem. Ecosystem condition can vary as a result of fire, flooding, drought, extinctions
Ecosystem_health
Ecological communities abruptly losing biodiversity, often irreversibly
An ecosystem, short for ecological system, is defined as a collection of interacting organisms within a biophysical environment. Ecosystems are never static
Ecosystem_collapse
Natural resource management
Ecosystem management is an approach to natural resource management that aims to ensure the long-term sustainability and persistence of an ecosystem's
Ecosystem_management
Global change effects on marine populations
component of oceanic ecosystems. The aim of GLOBEC is to advance our understanding of the structure and functioning of the global ocean ecosystem, its major subsystems
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
Global_Ocean_Ecosystem_Dynamics
Lowest layer in the ocean
Arbizu, Pedro Martinez (1 September 2008). "Abyssal food limitation, ecosystem structure and climate change". Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 23 (9): 518–528
Deep_sea
Ecological niche
An ecosystem engineer is any species that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat. These organisms can have a large impact on
Ecosystem_engineer
Reproductive structure in flowering plants
understated, to dominating the structure of the plant. Plants with flowers dominate the majority of the world's ecosystems, and themselves range from tiny
Flower
Part of Earth's aquatic ecosystems
Freshwater ecosystems are a subset of Earth's aquatic ecosystems that include the biological communities inhabiting freshwater waterbodies such as lakes
Freshwater_ecosystem
Ecosystem in a body of water
aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem found in and around a body of water, in contrast to land-based terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems contain communities
Aquatic_ecosystem
Productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones
"A global biophysical typology of mangroves and its relevance for ecosystem structure and deforestation". Scientific Reports. 10 (1). Springer Science
Mangrove_forest
The ecosystem approach is a conceptual framework for resolving ecosystem issues. The idea is to protect and manage the environment through the use of scientific
Ecosystem_approach
Ecological theory
considered to be the most influential factor on trophic structure and biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems. Top predators may feed on herbivores and kill predators
Mesopredator release hypothesis
Mesopredator_release_hypothesis
Subarctic terrestrial ecozone
ecosystem is an ecosystem with a subarctic climate located in the Northern Hemisphere, approximately between 50° and 70°N latitude. These ecosystems are
Boreal_ecosystem
Structure of civilization
urban ecosystems are considered an ecosystem functional group within the intensive land-use biome. They are structurally complex ecosystems with highly
Urban_ecosystem
Network of interconnected organizations
A business ecosystem is a network of interconnected organizations—including suppliers, distributors, customers, competitors, and other stakeholders—that
Business_ecosystem
Heterotrophic protistan or metazoan members of the plankton ecosystem
in global predictive models of carbon flux, the marine food web structure and ecosystem characteristics, because empirical grazing measurements are sparse
Zooplankton
Biome with 250 mm of annual rainfall or less
Whitford, Walter G. (July 2011). "Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis: Synthesizing shrub encroachment
Deserts_and_xeric_shrublands
Environmental engineering
any single design: Ecosystem structure & function are determined by forcing functions of the system; Energy inputs to the ecosystems and available storage
Ecological_engineering
Ecosystem in saltwater environment
Marine ecosystems are the largest of Earth's aquatic ecosystems and exist in waters that have a high salt content. These systems contrast with freshwater
Marine_ecosystem
Water column of the open ocean
Samantha B. (2 January 2018). "A unifying theory for top-heavy ecosystem structure in the ocean" (PDF). Nature Communications. 9 (1). doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02450-y
Pelagic_zone
Ecosystem event
Trophic cascades are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems, occurring when a trophic level in a food web is suppressed. For example
Trophic_cascade
Type of business ecosystem
significant transitions, control the overall structure of an ecosystem and the way things work within it. Start-up ecosystems are dynamic entities that progress
Startup_ecosystem
Ecosystems found in mountains
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall
Montane_ecosystem
components of ecosystems whose interactions with one another and with the environment produce differences in patterns of ecosystem structure and dynamics"
Ecosystem_Functional_Type
Restoring of wilderness environments
ecological restoration in that rewilding aspires to reduce human influence on ecosystems. It is also distinct from other forms of restoration in that, while it
Rewilding
Species with a large effect on its environment
critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, affecting many other organisms in an ecosystem and helping to determine the types
Keystone_species
Groups of organisms living deep below the sea surface, sharing a habitat
Andrew K.; Arbizu, Pedro Martinez (2008). "Abyssal food limitation, ecosystem structure and climate change" (PDF). Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 23 (9):
Deep-sea_community
Study of interactions between the biota and environment in forests
funga, and ecosystems in forests. The management of forests is known as forestry, silviculture, and forest management. A forest ecosystem is a natural
Forest_ecology
Many markets are structured as platform ecosystems, they can be open or closed platforms, where a stable core (such as a smartphone operating system or
Platform_ecosystem
Species indigenous to a given area in geologic time
communities. Invasive species can have profound effects on ecosystems by changing ecosystem structure, function, species abundance, and community composition
Native_species
Sporting arena in Montreal, Quebec
and Sub-Antarctic Islands. It is one of two large-scale enclosed ecosystem structures in the Western Hemisphere, the other being Biosphere 2 in Oracle
Montreal_Biodome
Type of ecosystem
A lake ecosystem or lacustrine ecosystem includes biotic (living) plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as abiotic (non-living) physical and chemical
Lake_ecosystem
Large rainforest in South America
Amanda N.; Bustamante, Mercedes M.C.; Olander, Lydia P. (June 2005). "Ecosystem Structure throughout the Brazilian Amazon from Landsat Observations and Automated
Amazon_rainforest
Eastern half of the Himalayas mountain range
part, has facilitated the region's rich biological diversity and ecosystem structure. The Buxa range of Indo-Bhutan is also a part of the ancient rocks
Eastern_Himalayas
Human-created ecological niche
Novel ecosystems are human-built, modified, or engineered niches of the Anthropocene. They exist in places that have been altered in structure and function
Novel_ecosystem
Organisms on the ocean's surface
that ultimately drive food web structure and increase ecosystem productivity. Life histories connect disparate ecosystems; species that live at the surface
Ocean_surface_ecosystem
Flat area on the deep ocean floor
concentrations over time scales of a hundred to a thousand years. The structure of abyssal ecosystems is strongly influenced by the rate of flux of food to the seafloor
Abyssal_plain
Wildland-ocean interface
A marine coastal ecosystem is a marine ecosystem which occurs where the land meets the ocean. Worldwide there is about 620,000 kilometres (390,000 mi)
Marine_coastal_ecosystem
Type of aquatic ecosystem with flowing freshwater
River ecosystems are flowing waters that drain the landscape, and include the biotic (living) interactions amongst plants, animals and micro-organisms
River_ecosystem
Species of shrub
in its foliage which are an important aspect of their effect on ecosystem structure. Soil enzyme activities have been shown to be reduced by increased
Kalmia_angustifolia
Typically mathematical representation of an ecological system
An ecosystem model is an abstract, usually mathematical, representation of an ecological system (ranging in scale from an individual population, to an
Ecosystem_model
Strategies for composition and decomposition
(plants and phytoplankton) control the ecosystem structure. If there are not enough resources or producers in the ecosystem, there is not enough energy left
Bottom-up and top-down approaches
Bottom-up_and_top-down_approaches
Type of forest with high rainfall
Aspects of Vegetation Structure". In Frank B. Golley (ed.). Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems. Structure and Function. Ecosystems of the World (14A ed.)
Rainforest
Living and non-living things on Earth
structure, biotic diversity, and material cycles (i.e.: exchange of materials between living and nonliving parts) within the system is an ecosystem."
Natural_environment
Aspect of ecosystems
within an ecosystem that others within the same ecosystem, or the entire ecosystem itself, rely upon. Keystone species' are so vital for an ecosystem that
Food_chain
Human-dominated ecosystems of the anthropocene era
Human ecosystems are human-dominated ecosystems of the Anthropocene era that are viewed as complex cybernetic systems by conceptual models that are increasingly
Human_ecosystem
Area-specific culture of fires
composition, fuel structure, climate and weather patterns, and topography. Because fire regimes are highly dependent on the landscape and ecosystem in which they
Fire_regime
Mass extinction event c. 444 million years ago
Late Ordovician mass extinction did not produce major changes to ecosystem structures compared to other mass extinctions, nor did it lead to any particular
Late Ordovician mass extinction
Late_Ordovician_mass_extinction
Study of organisms and their environment
Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. Ecology overlaps with the closely related sciences
Ecology
Species of vine
Environmental Ecology: The Impacts of Pollution and Other Stresses on Ecosystem Structure and Function. San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 9780122665400. "Rubus
Rubus_strigosus
Academic journal
Urban Ecosystems is an peer-reviewed bimonthly transformative international scientific journal published by Springer. The journal is interdisciplinary
Urban_Ecosystems
Area of low biodiversity
A depauperate ecosystem is an ecosystem characterized by low species richness or species diversity. Such ecosystems will have short or simplified food
Depauperate_ecosystem
Underwater areas highly dense with kelp
kelp beds. They are recognized as one of the most productive and dynamic ecosystems on Earth. Although algal kelp forest combined with coral reefs only cover
Kelp_forest
Virus that infects bacteria
composed of proteins that encapsulate a DNA or RNA genome, and may have structures that are either simple or elaborate. Their genomes may encode as few as
Bacteriophage
Vegetation cover change
point for an ecosystem, causing woody encroachment. Woody encroachment constitutes a major global shift in plant composition, structure and function,
Woody_plant_encroachment
Northwest region of Florida
1, 2023). "Changes in Ecosystem Structure and Composition Influence Groundwater Chemistry in Herbaceous Wetlands". Ecosystems. 26 (7): 1603–1621. doi:10
Florida_panhandle
Arch dam in Ventura County, California
the accumulated sediments downstream. A bill funding the Matilija Dam Ecosystem Restoration Project reached Congress and survived President Bush's veto
Matilija_Dam
species populations, species traits, community composition, ecosystem structure, and ecosystem function. Within each class are a few to several variables
Essential Biodiversity Variables
Essential_Biodiversity_Variables
Dolphine Man of India
(22 December 1986 to 21 December 1994), Teaching Ecology including Ecosystem Structure and Functions, Water Pollution-causes, effects and control; Air Pollution-causes
Ravindra Kumar Sinha (biologist)
Ravindra_Kumar_Sinha_(biologist)
Flow of energy through food chains in ecological energetics
Energy flow is the flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem. All living organisms can be organized into producers and consumers, and those
Energy_flow_(ecology)
Eurasian sea northeast of the Mediterranean
(1997). "Effect of Danube River dam on Black Sea biogeochemistry and ecosystem structure". Nature. 386 (6623): 385–388. Bibcode:1997Natur.386..385H. doi:10
Black_Sea
it should be structured around the factors that drive ecosystem processes; that it should reflect the hierarchical nature of ecosystems; that it should
Ecological_classification
Academic journal
Forest Ecosystems is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering research related to the structure and dynamics of "natural" and
Forest_Ecosystems
Agricultural concept
and micro-organisms at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels that sustain the ecosystem structures, functions and processes in and around production
Agricultural_biodiversity
Modeling study supported by the U.S. government
The FjordEco Project, formally titled Fjord Ecosystem Structure and Function on the West Antarctica Peninsula – Hotspots of Productivity and Biodiversity
FjordEco_Project
Beneficial ecological chain reaction
Such indirect interactions are an important driver of community structure and ecosystem function that can be as frequent and influential as direct interactions
Facilitation_cascade
Mass extinction event about 66 million years ago
(5 June 2017). "Calcium Isotopic Evidence for Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem Structure Prior to the K/Pg Extinction". Current Biology. 27 (11): 1641–1644
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Cretaceous–Paleogene_extinction_event
Ecological disaster in low-elevation salt marshes
in the structure and dynamics of populations in an ecosystem; however, data suggests that both bottom-up and top-down forces impact the structure of food
Salt_marsh_die-off
American ecology researcher
significant project titled, "A Regional Assessment of Land Use Effects on Ecosystem Structure and Function in the Central Grasslands" from 1996-1999. This project
Ingrid_Burke
Study of humans and their environment
JSTOR 3654026. S2CID 146267804. McDonnell, M. J.; Pickett, S. T. A. (1990). "Ecosystem structure and function along urban-rural gradients: An unexploited opportunity
Human_ecology
Part of the forest ecosystem
The forest floor, also called detritus or duff, is the part of a forest ecosystem that mediates between the living, aboveground portion of the forest and
Forest_floor
Species of jellyfish
as indicators of ecosystem structure and function; The larger the jellyfish population, the greater the negative impact on ecosystem services. The fried
Phacellophora
Fracture zone of the Pacific Ocean seabed
thought to contribute to variations in benthic biodiversity and ecosystem structure. The zone contains nodules made up of valuable rare-earth and other
Clarion–Clipperton_zone
Australian cattle company
Poore, Marta Ruiz-Colmenero, Mike Letnic and Santiago Soliveres, “Ecosystem structure, function, and composition in rangelands are negatively affected
North Australian Pastoral Company
North_Australian_Pastoral_Company
Extremely small fragments of plastic
insoluble in water." Microplastics cause pollution by entering natural ecosystems from a variety of sources, including cosmetics, clothing, construction
Microplastics
Scientific study of life
organization, from molecules and cells to organisms, population, and ecosystems. Subdisciplines include molecular biology, physiology, ecology, evolutionary
Biology
Pollution of land by human-made chemicals or other alteration
Loureiro, Susana; González-Alcaraz, Maria N. (2018). "Changes in soil ecosystem structure and functions due to soil contamination". In Rocha-Santos, Teresa
Soil_contamination
Species of true bug
and otherwise understory-tolerant plant species. Major changes in ecosystem structure and function, including hydrologic processes, are expected with the
Hemlock_woolly_adelgid
American oceanographer (1939–2025)
variability and long-term climate change could alter upwelling intensity, ecosystem structure, and fisheries sustainability. His research informed both scientific
Andrew_Bakun
Marine biology project
predators and ecosystems Bryndum-Buchholz et al. (2018) examined the impacts of climate change on animal biomass and ecosystem structure Bryndum-Buchholz
Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project
Fisheries_and_Marine_Ecosystem_Model_Intercomparison_Project
cover structures, the biota of the rural-urban areas and socio-economic structures. However, nowadays research also focuses on many ecosystem services
Rural-Urban_gradient
Academic journal
human–wildlife conflicts, decentralised conservation, conservation policy, ecosystem structure and functioning, systematics, community and species ecology, behavioural
Conservation_and_Society
Biogeographical unit with a particular biological community
geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, animal life, and an ecosystem. It consists of a biological community that has formed in response to
Biome
Low levels of oxygen in bottom waters occurring regularly in the Baltic Sea
eutrophication (positive feedback loop) Persistent hypoxia alters ecosystem structure and reduces the resilience of marine environments. Low oxygen conditions
Baltic_Sea_hypoxia
Tropical broadleaf forest with high rainfall
fragmentation and loss. The structure of a tropical rainforest is stratified into layers, each hosting unique ecosystems. These include the emergent layer
Tropical_rainforest
Loss or extinctions of animals in the forests
facing extinction. Marine defaunation has a wide array of effects on ecosystem structure and function. The loss of animals can have both top-down (cascading)
Defaunation
Measure of biodiversity
ecosystem. It combines multiple parameters to reflect a species' overall dominance, helping to describe the structure and composition of ecosystems.
Importance_Value_Index
Dam in Malibu Creek State Park
Engineers released a draft in January 2017, entitled the "Malibu Creek Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study". Estimates for the cost of demolition have
Rindge_Dam
Subset of evolutionary phenomena that concern plants
families, had "negligible" effect on plant families. However, the ecosystem structure is significantly rearranged, with the abundances and distributions
Plant_evolution
River in New Brunswick, Canada
Environmental Ecology: The Impacts of Pollution and other Stresses on Ecosystem Structure and Function (Toronto: Academic Press Inc., 1989). 47°1′8.6″N 65°31′32
Miramichi_River
Dam constructed by beavers
and holds food during winter. These structures modify the natural environment in such a way that the overall ecosystem builds upon the change, making beavers
Beaver_dam
assume that ecosystems are as sensitive as the most sensitive species and that the ecosystem function is dependent on the ecosystem structure. European
Predicted no-effect concentration
Predicted_no-effect_concentration
Computer vegetation model
of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to CO 2 and climate change: results from six dynamic global vegetation models: ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS, CO 2
Dynamic global vegetation model
Dynamic_global_vegetation_model
Biogeophysical unit and associated social actors
delimited by spatial or functional boundaries surrounding particular ecosystems and their context problems. A social-ecological system (SES) can be defined
Socio-ecological_system
Representation of the biotic interactions in an ecosystem
the structures of real ecosystems, while network models are used to investigate the effects of network structure on properties such as ecosystem stability
Ecological_network
Species of rodent
called "ecosystem engineers" due to their influence on the biotic and abiotic characteristics of their habitat, landscape architecture, and ecosystem structure
Black-tailed_prairie_dog
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Shape, Structure
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Tamil
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Indian
Shape, Structure
Girl/Female
Indian
Shape, Structure
Boy/Male
Muslim
Solid structure
Boy/Male
Indian
Good Structure
Girl/Female
Indian
Structure
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Gujarati, Indian, Muslim
Solid Structure; Lifetime
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
The Structure of God
Girl/Female
Indian, Kashmiri
Body Structure
Boy/Male
Indian
Solid structure
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Indian, Tamil
Related to Thirukural
Female
Welsh
Variant spelling of Welsh Branwen, BRANWENN means "fair raven."
Girl/Female
Indian
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Norwegian
Loving
Girl/Female
Tamil
Riyansika | ரீயாநà¯à®¸à¯€à®•ாÂ
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Golden
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Imbued with Spirituality
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Bliss; Son of Hiranyakasipa
Girl/Female
Tamil
Leelima | லீலீமாஂ
Male
Swedish
Swedish form of Old Norse Týr, THYR means "god."
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n.
A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.
n.
Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
a.
Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf.
n.
A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room.
a.
Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body.
n.
A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.
n.
The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function.
a.
Destitute of a bony structure.
a.
Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap.
a.
Being without symmetry of chemical structure or relation; as, an unsymmetrical carbon atom.
n.
A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
n.
An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
a.
Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts.
n.
Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda.
n.
A structure, usually inclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery.
n.
A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework.
n.
In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.
n.
Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.
a.
Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a structureless membrane.
a.
Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1.