BIOLOGY
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Author: Raven
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Chapter 56, Problem 3S
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The reason behind the worry of the ecologist regarding the potential effects of the loss of the species on an ecosystem for other reasons.
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The ecosystem consists of various species which interact with each other in the food web. The effects in one of the species in one trophic level affect the species in the other trophic levels. This process is known as the cascade effect.
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Chapter 56 Solutions
BIOLOGY
Ch. 56.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 56.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 56.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 56.2 - Describe the different trophic levels.Ch. 56.2 - Distinguish between energy and heat.Ch. 56.2 - Explain how energy moves through trophic levels.Ch. 56.3 - Explain the meaning of trophic cascade.Ch. 56.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 56.4 - Define ecosystem stability.Ch. 56.4 - Prob. 2LO
Ch. 56.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 56.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 56.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 56 - Prob. 1DACh. 56 - Prob. 2DACh. 56 - Prob. 3DACh. 56 - Prob. 4DACh. 56 - Prob. 1IQCh. 56 - Prob. 2IQCh. 56 - Prob. 3IQCh. 56 - Prob. 4IQCh. 56 - Prob. 5IQCh. 56 - Prob. 6IQCh. 56 - Prob. 7IQCh. 56 - Which of the statements about groundwater is NOT...Ch. 56 - Photosynthetic organisms a. fix carbon dioxide. b....Ch. 56 - Prob. 3UCh. 56 - Nitrogen is often a limiting nutrient in many...Ch. 56 - Prob. 5UCh. 56 - Prob. 6UCh. 56 - Inverted ecological pyramids of real systems...Ch. 56 - Prob. 8UCh. 56 - Prob. 9UCh. 56 - The equilibrium model of island biogeography...Ch. 56 - Based on results from studies at Hubbard Brook...Ch. 56 - According to the trophic cascade hypothesis, the...Ch. 56 - At Cedar Creek Natural History Area, experimental...Ch. 56 - Given that ectotherms do not utilize a large...Ch. 56 - Given that, in general, energy input is greatest...Ch. 56 - Prob. 3SCh. 56 - Explain several detailed ways in which increasing...
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