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NatGeoCoralReefSuccession
Wheretherearemorehumans,
theworseoffthecoral
ecosystemis.
Why?
Themorehumansthereare,
themorewaysinwhichthey
canimpacttheecosystemina
Successioncanhappenbecause negativeway.
ofhumanornature.
Naturaldisasterssuchas
Ecosystemsthatweseeknow
hurricanes,volcanoeruptions
seemnormalbutthey
andtsunamiscouldall
drasticallydifferentthanthey
negativelyimpactan
originallywere.
ecosystembythedifferent
Coralreefecosystemscan
typesofdamageeachwilldo.
recoverfromdisturbances.
Asstatedabove,human
interactionwithanecosystem
Successionhappensinstages
isusuallyharmful.
overlongperiodsoftime
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Anytypeofdisturbancewill
beovercomebynature.Ifthe
areathatwasdisturbedisleft
alonelongenough,thenyou
willseetheecosystemstartto
recover,inthiscasethecoral
startedtogrowback.
SuccessionNotes
Successionhappensslowly
becausesomethinghadcaused
theecosystemtogetoutof
balanceinthefirstplace.First
thefoodwebswillbemessed
upanditwilltaketimeforthe
otherpartstoreturnorrecover.
Thismaybebecauseofaloss
ofhabitat.Sowhenthe
environmenthasreturnedback
towhatitusuallyis,those
typesoforganismswillin
habitthatareaonceagain.
Primarysuccessionoccursless Primarysuccessionhappens
thansecondarysuccession
onlywherethereisnewland
thathasneverbeencolonized.
Forexample,avolcano
eruptingleavesjustrockinits
wake.Thechangeinthe
Areh
comm
Why
more
succe
ecosystemwillbeprimary.
Thesetypesofeventsdonot
happenveryoften.
Secondarysuccessioniswhen
thereisadisturbancetothe
environment,butnot
everythingisgone.Thismay
includeothernaturaldisasters
ortheeffectsofhumanson
someecosystems.
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Sobad.Mostlyjustpracticeof
vocabandinterpreting
diagrams.
SuccessionGraphInterpretation
Successionhappensslowly.
Successionhappensslowly
becauseittakesalongtimefor
astableenvironment(climax)
toestablish.Treesneedto
grow,otherspecieswillneed
torecoverfromlosesornew
specieswillhavetomovein.
Thiscannothappenovernight.
Why
soslo
LifeAfterPeople
Naturewillalwaystakeover
manmadedisturbances
Successionisacycle.
Eventuallynaturewillovertake
manmadedisturbancesonce
wearegoneandcannolonger
upkeepourinfrastructure.
Natureisapowerfulforceand
willregainwhatoncewas
therewhenourcitiesfall.The
waterwillfinditswaytothe
oldstreamsintoriversandthen
riversintooceans.
How
watch
Humansareaverytemporary
partofEarthshistory
Iftheearthshistorycouldbe
scaleddownto24hours,
humanswouldonlytakeabout
30secondsoftime.Like
mentionedabove,successionis
acycle.Theworldlooked
muchdifferentbeforehumans
Why
such
histor
andoncewearegonethe
worldwillchangedrastically
againuntilsomethingelse
comesalongtohabituateearth.