Look up: ecosystem

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   Ecosystem
   a system consisting of a community of animals, plants and microorganisms and the physical and chemical environment in which they interrelate.
   Found on http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/mg/manual/
   
   
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   ecosystem
   All the organisms in a particular region and the environment in which they live. The elements of an ecosystem interact with each other in some way, and so depend on each other either directly or indirectly.
   Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gl
   
   
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   Ecosystem
   A community of species together with the surrounding environment that function together as a coherent unit to maintain a flow of energy and to acquire, store, and recycle nutrients.
   Found on http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/G
   
   
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   Ecosystem
   An ecological community, along with its environment, viewed as a unit.
   Found on http://www.wolfsource.org/?page_id=63
   
   
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   Ecosystem
   A biological system consisting of many organisms from different species.
   Found on http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/FLAOH/cbnh
   
   
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   Ecosystem
   The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environmental surroundings.
   Found on http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/
   
   
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   Ecosystem
   The organisms in a plant population and the biotic and abiotic factors which impact on them. See abiotic factors; Biotic factors.
   Found on http://filebox.vt.edu/cals/cses/chagedor
   
   
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   Ecosystem
   The living organisms and the nonliving environment interacting in a given area.
   Found on http://www.csc.noaa.gov/text/glossary.ht
   
   
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   ecosystem
   The interacting system of a biological community and its nonliving environmental surroundings.
   Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/glossary.html
   
   
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    ecosystem
    (Living things in their environment) a community of animals, plants and micro-organisms, together with the habitat where they live
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesiz
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    A habitat in which different organisms interact and support one another.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/sch
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    a stable environment in which live a large number of different forms of life, each affecting the other. Example are a forest, desert, tidal area, soil, oral cavity, gut.
    Found on http://www.eclipse.co.uk/moordent/glossa
    
    
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    ecosystem
    [n] - a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    the system composed of the interaction of all living organisms and their natural environment
    Found on http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/wps/media/obj
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    A dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment, interacting as a functional unit.
    Found on http://www.greenconstruction.co.uk/gloss
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    A collection of plants and animals integrated as a result of the exchange of energy and nutrients between them
    Found on http://www.think-energy.co.uk/ThinkEnerg
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    The unit consisting of a community of living organisms and their environment.
    Found on http://www.t-c-m-rd.co.uk/resources/glos
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    A community of living things together with their environment. See also: Ecology.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour
    
    
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    ecosystem
    Grouping of organisms (micro-organisms, plants, animals) interacting together, with and through their physical and chemical environments, to form a functional entity within a defined environment.
    Found on http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacgloss
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    a community of organisms and their physio-chemical environment interacting as an ecological unit.
    Found on http://www.fishonline.org/information/gl
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    The totality of all plant and animal species that constitute an interdepent, interrelated community
    Found on http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Glossary.php
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    a term used to describe a natural unit that consists of living and non-living parts which interact to form a stable system. The ecosystem idea can be applied at different scales in the same way e.g. a pond or an ocean
    Found on http://www.sedgwickmuseum.org/education/
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    A community of plant and animal species that interact together along with their physical and chemical environment.
    Found on http://www.peopleandplanet.net/section.p
    
    
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    ecosystem
    a dynamic complex of plant,animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit Category: Botany and zoology
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    Ecosystem
    The interacting system of biological community and its nonliving environment.
    Found on http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/glossary