Home›Ecosystems›All EcosystemsBrowse ByAll EcosystemsReference and ClassificationDevelopingEcosystems 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.All EcosystemsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)All EcosystemsFilter Results96 entriesBiome TypeAllBog (1)Boreal Forest (3)Chaparral (3)Coral Reef (5)Desert (13)Flooded Grassland and Savanna (1)Freshwater (6)Freshwater Swamp Forest (1)Grassland (5)Lake (5)Marine (11)Montane Grasslands and Shrublands (4)Polar Desert (2)Savanna (6)Sea Ice (1)Temperate Coniferous Forest (1)Temperate Forest (2)Temperate Rainforest (3)Tropical Rainforest (12)Tundra (3)Wetlands (7)Biogeographic RealmAllAfrotropic (14)Antarctic (3)Australasian (9)Indomalayan (9)Nearctic (15)Neotropic (16)Palearctic (23)Protected StatusAllManaged or Multiple-Use Protection (13)Partially Protected (10)Strictly Protected (7)Where It Is (Continent or Country)AllAlgeria (2)Antarctica (3)Argentina (6)Australia 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(1)Tanzania (4)The Arctic Ocean (1)The Atlantic Ocean (1)Timor-Leste (1)Tunisia (2)Turkey (1)Turkmenistan (2)Uganda (2)Ukraine (3)United Arab Emirates (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (12)Uruguay (1)Venezuela (2)Vietnam (1)Western Sahara (1)Yemen (2)Zambia (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 96African Great LakesWetland and FreshwaterAmazon RainforestTropical RainforestAmazon Varzea ForestWetland and FreshwaterAntarctic PeninsulaPolar and AntarcticArabian DesertDesertArctic OceanPolar and AntarcticArctic TundraPolar and AntarcticAtacama DesertDesertAtlantic ForestTropical RainforestBlack ForestTemperate Forest and ShrublandBorneo RainforestTropical RainforestCalifornia ChaparralTemperate Forest and ShrublandCamargueWetland and FreshwaterCanadian Boreal ForestBoreal Forest and TaigaCaspian SeaWetland and FreshwaterCerradoSavanna and GrasslandChagos ArchipelagoMarine and Coral ReefChernobyl Exclusion ZoneTemperate Forest and ShrublandChihuahuan DesertDesertChoco-Darien RainforestTropical RainforestCongo Basin RainforestTropical RainforestCoral Reef SystemsMarine and Coral ReefCoral SeaMarine and Coral ReefCoral TriangleMarine and Coral ReefDaintree RainforestTropical RainforestDanube DeltaWetland and FreshwaterDeep SeaMarine and Coral ReefDoñanaWetland and FreshwaterEastern HimalayasTropical RainforestEurasian SteppeSavanna and GrasslandEvergladesWetland and FreshwaterFiordlandTemperate Forest and ShrublandFynbosTemperate Forest and ShrublandGalapagosMarine and Coral ReefGobi DesertDesertGran ChacoSavanna and GrasslandGreat Barrier ReefMarine and Coral ReefGreat LakesWetland and FreshwaterGreat PlainsSavanna and GrasslandGreat Victoria DesertDesertGreenland Ice SheetPolar and AntarcticGulf of CaliforniaMarine and Coral ReefHeathTemperate Forest and ShrublandIguazuTropical RainforestKakaduWetland and FreshwaterKalahari DesertDesertKarakum DesertDesertKelp ForestsMarine and Coral ReefKruger National ParkSavanna and GrasslandLake BaikalWetland and FreshwaterLake TanganyikaWetland and FreshwaterLake VictoriaWetland and FreshwaterLlanosSavanna and GrasslandMadagascar RainforestsTropical RainforestMcMurdo Dry ValleysPolar and AntarcticMediterranean BasinTemperate Forest and ShrublandMekong DeltaWetland and FreshwaterMesoamerican ReefMarine and Coral ReefMesopotamian MarshesWetland and FreshwaterMojave DesertDesertMongolian SteppeSavanna and GrasslandMoorlandTemperate Forest and ShrublandMuskegWetland and FreshwaterNamib DesertDesertNew Guinea RainforestTropical RainforestNingaloo ReefMarine and Coral ReefOkavango DeltaWetland and FreshwaterPacific Northwest Temperate RainforestTemperate Forest and ShrublandPampasSavanna and GrasslandPantanalWetland and FreshwaterPatagonian SteppeSavanna and GrasslandPrairie Pothole RegionWetland and FreshwaterRaja AmpatMarine and Coral ReefRed Sea Coral ReefMarine and Coral ReefRoss SeaPolar and AntarcticSahara DesertDesertSahelSavanna and GrasslandSargasso SeaMarine and Coral ReefScandinavian TaigaBoreal Forest and TaigaSerengetiSavanna and GrasslandSiberian TaigaBoreal Forest and TaigaSimpson DesertDesertSky IslandTemperate Forest and ShrublandSonoran DesertDesertSumatran Lowland RainforestTropical RainforestSundarbansWetland and FreshwaterSvalbardPolar and AntarcticTaklamakan DesertDesertThar DesertDesertTonle SapWetland and FreshwaterValdivian Temperate RainforestTemperate Forest and ShrublandWadden SeaWetland and FreshwaterWestern GhatsTropical RainforestYasuníTropical RainforestYellowstoneTemperate Forest and ShrublandSourcesEncyclopaedia Britannicatier 1Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Contains: Lake BaikalView the SourceUNESCO World Heritage CentreUNESCO World Heritage CentreContains: Mesopotamian MarshesContains: Wadden SeaView the SourceWorld Wildlife FundWorld Wildlife FundContains: Coral TriangleContains: Mesoamerican ReefContains: CerradoContains: FynbosView the SourceWhat Is the Deep Ocean? 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