SOES 1006 - week 1- ecosystem factors || Already Graded A+.

Marine Ecology correct answers interaction between organisms and their abiotic and biotic environment and the effect this has on abundance and distribution micro evolution definition correct answers change in the genetic composition and life history over multiple generations Macroevolution definition correct answers genetic change over a long time period to result in new species developing (speciation) abiotic factors correct answers temp light salinity water depth tides/waves/currents/ turbidity density substratum oxygen ph nutrients sound pollution biotic factors correct answers predation parasitism completion territoriality commensalism mutualism species richness functional diversity evolutionary history human impacts succession Commensalism correct answers A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected eg algae living off the back of mollusk, with no effect on the mollusk species richness correct answers the number of different species in a community functional diversity correct answers Biological and chemical processes or functions such as energy flow and matter cycling needed for the survival of species and biological communities