What is the Carrying Capacity Of An

Ecosystem?

Biology Br. NassryBy:Afaf A.

Table Of Contents What Is The Ecosystem? What Is Carrying Capacity? What Is The Carrying Capacity Of

The Ecosystem? What Factors Affect The Carrying

Capacity Of The Ecosystem? What are some types of

Ecosystems?

What Is The Ecosystem?

.A system that includes all living organisms(Biotic

Factors)in an area as well as it's physical

Environment(Abiotic Factors)functioning together as a

unit

.An ecosystem is made up of plants, animals,

microorganisms, soil, rocks, minerals, water sources, and

the local atmosphere interacting with one another.

What Is Carrying Capacity?

.largest number of individuals of a particular species that can survive over long periods of time in a given environment, this level depends on the effect of the limiting factors

What Is The Carrying Capacity Of The Ecosystem?

*Every Ecosystem has a different carrying capacity, but what

determines the carrying capacity is the factors that affect that certain

Ecosystem.

What Factors Affect The Carrying Capacity Of The Ecosystem?

.Humans can affect the carrying capacity of ecosystems by taking or adding something to the environment. Such as natural resources and chemicals. These can greatly affect the environment, thus greatly affecting the animals in the environment

.Other factors that affect the carrying capacity of a ecosystem is Food availability, water, environmental conditions, space,disease, competition, and predator-prey relationships.

What are some types of Ecosystems?

* Riverine ecosystem

· River ecosystem

· Stream ecosystem

· Spring ecosystem

* Lacustrine ecosystem

· Pond ecosystem

· Lake ecosystem

* Marine ecosystem

· Coastal water ecosystem

· Estuary ecosystem

· Lagoon ecosystem

· Coral reef ecosystem

· Soft-bottom continental shelf ecosystem

· Upwelling continental shelf ecosystem

· Open ocean ecosystem

· Polar ocean ecosystem (the Arctic and Antarctic oceans)

* Boundary ecosystem (where one body of water meets another (estuaries and lagoons); where a body of water meets land (wetlands); where one land area meets another land type)

* Soil ecosystem

* Polar ecosystem (in polar regions, such as polar barrens and tundra)

* Mountain ecosystem

* Agroecosystem (farms, livestock production systems)

* Forest ecosystem

* Grassland ecosystem

* Urban ecosystem (cities, suburbs)

These are all parts ofdifferent Ecosystems!!

Fun Facts On Ecosystems*Similar ecosystems are defined as biomes.

*According to the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment and Greenfacts.org, the past 50 years or so have seen a rapid transformation in ecosystem

*Animals, plants and other living organisms that are located in a specific location make up an ecosystem

*Not only is the old species in trouble, the other organisms that are dependent on that species must find new sources of food as well.

*Changes have been especially rapid in the last 50 years and today the fastest changes are taking place in developing countries.

*Many animal and plant populations have declined in numbers, geographical spread, or both

*a quarter of mammal species are currently threatened by extinction

*Human activity has caused between 50 and 1000 times more extinctions in the last 100 years than would have happened due to natural processes