Nutrient Cycles and Ecological Succession

Environmental Science · Chapter 6 · 3. Ecology

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Generalised model of nutrient cycling; the ecosystem as a source of materials and a sink for wastes
Hydrological, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles: links between biotic and abiotic components
Human intervention in nutrient cycles; pollution as disruption of these cycles
Law of Tolerance: different species thrive under different conditions
Ecological succession: definition, primary and secondary succession, autogenic and allogenic causes, stages