Intro to Ecology
The Chesapeake bay is home to many different species approximately 2,700 of plants and animals. Humans have effected the bay by there pollution and over-fishing on species in the bay.
The Chesapeake bay is home to many different species approximately 2,700 of plants and animals. Humans have effected the bay by there pollution and over-fishing on species in the bay.
EFFECT of removal of biotic elements
If Biotic elements such as humans are removed from this ecosystem then abiotic factors such as high pollution well be removed from the ecosystem. Another example is if humans fish less of certain species in the bay then they will thrive and keep the bay clean.
Energy flow of the ecosystem
Biotic factors are factors that are alive such as plant life species and other living things. Abiotic factors are factors that are non living such as heat , water, and water temperature Biotic factors can affect the life on the bay because they can cause pollution which will kill things in the bay and throw off the whole food chain.
In the Chesapeake bay the sun energy gets transferred from autotroph , then primary consumer, next secondary consumer, finally to the top consumer.
Interactions of the CHESAPEAKE bay
Energy flows from the autotroph(producer) collecting energy from the sun. Then it transfers to the different consumers. But this affects the following organism's because the organism on each level only gains 10% of energy of what it eats.
factors on population
Both abiotic and biotic factors effect the population of the bay greatly. This is so because if a one of these factors negatively affects a species in a population then the population will decrease or increase in a bad way. If the factors positively affects an population then it will stay the same and thrive.
impact on the bay
A couple man-made things that impact the Chesapeake bay is people over-fishing certain species which negatively effects the bay also humans cutting down the forest and finally water pollution. Natural things that affect the bay organisms is global warming and the mating and reproducing of organisms.
Long term effect
Long term effects on the bay will be that many species will die out and become extinct. This will be a result of many abiotic and biotic factors.
2 million dead fish in the bay
These 2 million dead fish died because of the extreme temperature drop in the Chesapeake bay.
essential question
The first interaction that occurs in a ecosystem is commensalism which is where one species benefits and the other does not get affected at all. The second interaction is parasitism which one species benefits and the other is harmed. The third interaction is mutualism this occurs when both species benefits from each other. The third interaction is the consumer-prey relationship which occurs when one species gets ate by another species.