Ecology and Ecosystem Question 2022

RUNNING HEAD: ECOLOGY
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Ecology 2
QUESTION 1
There are three pervasive definitions of ecology
Ecology can be described as the study of the relationship between environment and organism.
This definition emphasizes on the non-living components of the natural world and emphasizes
that the organisms are the relevant demonstration of the living world. The benefit of this
definition is that it is simple and emphasizes on both abiotic and biotic factors of nature. The
negative side is its emphasis on organism as the focus and it should be the study of relationships
instead of study of organisms and how they relate with environment (Agarwal, 2013)
The other definition of ecology focused on organisms as the ecology core. Their work includes
the biotic and abiotic factors that affects the abundance and distribution of organism. Their
recognition shows the importance of climatic variations but mostly they have been associated
with a predominantly biotic focus. This definition however has not stimulated the ecology
exploration with the physical environment science. The benefit of this definition is the emphasis
on unambiguous and quantifiable parameter but omits the critical subjects of ecology (Agarwal,
2013).
Ecology can also be referred as the environmental biology. This definition termed ecology as the
study of function and structure of nature and is not restricted to the organisms or patterns and
recognise that the ecology is about the processes (Ahmad, 2019).
Out of all these definition ecology can be termed as the study of processes affecting the
abundance and distribution of organism, their interaction between and among the organisms and
the transformation and flux of matter and energy. This definition is unique since its focus on

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organisms and their aggregations, system incorporating the organisms and their byproducts;
bounding the ecology by both physical and biological sciences. Joint consideration of abiotic and
biotic matter, process, interactions relations instead of physical entity (Raffaelli & Frid, 2010).
QUESTION 2 A
COASTAL RAIN FOREST ECOSYSTEM
They are known as the ‘lungs of earth’ since they produce oxygen. Covers less than ten percent
of the word’s land surface which is small on the global scale but their impact is great because
they are productive with high rate of nutrient transformation (Schoonmaker).