Chapter 7 : Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycling

biosphere What bird? Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. This biome is Savanna in Australia.
species Cockatoo seeds & fruit, tree hollows, lowland tropical rainforest Indonesia. Species not just plants & animals, or interbreed. Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo
biomes rain forest=250 cm of rain; 25° C=77° F
cycles_carbon Transpiration for ch17
cycle_carbon Soil microbes use too much O in Biosphere 2. 387 ppm=0.04%, C FIXATION.
cycle_nitrogen Fertilizer: N, P, K. Nitrification: ammonium(NH4) -> nitrate ; 78% atmosphere, 21% O. lightning 3% nitrate(NO3+).
cycle_phosphorus Slow: diagram is one-way. Phosphor=fluorescent CRT
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