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Ecosystems

Ecosystems are the working relationships within a place, the community of organisms and the physical environment they interact with, distinct from a biome large scale climate zone. An ecosystem article describes what depends on what: a wetland food web, a reef cleaning relationship, a forest floor decomposition cycle, scoped narrower than a biome and more concrete than a single species.

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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Contains: Lake BaikalView the Source
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  • Contains: Mesopotamian Marshes
  • Contains: Wadden Sea
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World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund
  • Contains: Coral Triangle
  • Contains: Mesoamerican Reef
  • Contains: Cerrado
  • Contains: Fynbos
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What Is the Deep Ocean? (NOAA Ocean Exploration)
NOAA Ocean ExplorationContains: Deep SeaView the Source
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