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ENV20:
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Ecosystem
an assembly of mutually interacting organisms and
their environment in which materials are
interchanged in a largely cyclical manner
has physical, biological & chemical components
along w/ the energy sources & pathways of energy
& materials interchange
Ecosystem Structure and Function
4
Biotic Components
Abiotic Components
Energy Flow in Ecosystems
5
Photosynthesis
Nutrients CO2 sunlight
O2 High Energy Molecules
Respiration
High Energy Molecules O2 CO2 Nutrients
Organisms
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Energy Flow in Ecosystems
6
Food chain
passage of energy from one trophic level to the
next as a result or organism consuming another
Energy Flow in Ecosystems
7
2nd order
consumer
1st order
consumer
producer
Biogeochemical Cycles
C,O, N, P, S Cycles
Hydrologic Cycle
Material Flow in Ecosystems
10
Microbial Decomposers
Aerobic
ENV20:
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING