Ecosystem

From Environmental Technology

This is the interacting system that encompasses a community and its non-living, physical environment. In an ecosystem, all of the biological,physical, and chemical components of an area form a complex interacting network of energy flow and materials cycling.

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• [Raven,P.H.,and L.R. Berg,Environment 5th ed.597: John Wiley & Sons,Inc,2006]