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Chapter 50Introduction to Ecology
& The Biosphere
Ecology
• scientific study of interactions between organisms & their environments (biotic & abiotic factors
• Biotic –• living• Animals• Plants• Fungi• Bacteria• Protists
• Abiotic –• nonliving• water• air• soil
Biomes: Rainforest
Desert
Savanna
Chaparral
Temperate grasslands
Temperate deciduous forest
Taiga
Tundra
Marine biomes: intertidal zone, coral reef, benthos
Geothermal vents (black smoker)
Freshwater biomes
Wetland, Estuary