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A nutrient cycle (or ecological recycling) is the movement and exchange of organic and inorganic matter back into the production of living matter. The process is regulated by food web pathways that decompose matter into mineral nutrients. Nutrient cycles occur within ecosystems. Ecosystems are interconnected systems where matter and energy flows and is exchanged as organisms feed, digest, and migrate about.
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Producers: The Sahara desert food chain begins with the plants. In spite of the extreme heat and less rainfall there are many plants and animals that live here. The plants are called producers as they do photosynthesis and thus prepare food . There are many kinds of plants in the desert. They are the date palms, Cacti, thorn acacia, creosote bush, sage brush, desert milkweed, desert willow, desert tobacco and many annuals.
Primary consumers or Herbivores: In the Sahara desert food chain the next level are the herbivores which eat only plants. The plants are eaten by primary consumers called herbivores. These are small mammals like kangaroo rat , ground squirrels, certain insects, (a wild sheep), gazelle, and Arabian camels.
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How does earths biosphere recycles materials?
nutrient cycling
Which is way that geological processes affect nutrient cycling?
Weather moves gases in the atmosphere
Which is a way that a geological processes affect nutrient cycling?
Weather moves gases into the atmosphere.
How does eubacteria and fungi are important in cycling of nutrient?
They are bio decomposers.Secrete extra cellular enzymes and breake macro organic molecules into inorganic molecules.
Explain the importance of autotrophic organisms with respect to energy flow and nutrient cycling in ecosystems?
They use things such as sunlight to create their own food. (photosynthesis)
What are the most basic processes in an ecosystem?
cycling of nutrients flow of energy from sunlight to producers to consumers
Why does it take a desert a long time to recover from disturbances?
because of the slow plant growth low species diversity, slow nutrient cycling, and lack of water and because of the human impacts we have on the environment.
What is the most important role of fungi in the ecosystem?
Fungi are the principal decomposers on Earth.
What has the author Nellie Stark written?
Nellie Stark has written: 'Light burning and the nutrient value of forage' -- subject(s): Environmental aspects, Environmental aspects of Prescribed burning, Forage plants, Forest soils, Nutrition, Prescribed burning, Soil ecology, Soils 'Nutrient cycling in a Jeffrey pine forest ecosystem' -- subject(s): Forest litter, Jeffrey pine, Nutrient cycles, Soil ecology
What has the author Karen Anne Sigler written?
Karen Anne Sigler has written: 'Nutrient cycling by omnivorous fish in reservoirs along a productivity gradient' -- subject(s): Food, Reservoir ecology, Gizzard shad
What four ways that fungi are ecologically important?
1) They are major decomposers in most ecosystems 2) Responsible for nutrient cycling 3) Degrade organic matter to ingorganic matter 4) Critical part of biogeochemical cycles
Where is the cycling section on WikiAnswers?
Cycling is organized under Sports > Misc. Sports > Cycling.
