COMPONENTS OF ECOSYSTEM

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 COMPONENTS OF ECOSYSTEM

• 1. ABIOTIC COMPONENTS
• 2. BIOTIC COMPONENTS
• ABIOTIC COMPONENTS
• THE ABIOTIC COMPONENTS INCLUDE NON LIVING FACTORS PRESENT IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
• BIOTIC COMPONENTS
• THE BIOTIC COMPONENTS INCLUDE LIVING PART ( ORGANISMS) OF THE ECOSYSTEM.
 CLASSIFICATION OF BIOTIC COMPONENTS

• BIOTIC COMPONENTS ARE FURTHER CLASSIFIED AS

• 1 PRODUCER.
• 2 CONSUMERS.
• 3 DECOMPOSERS.
 PRODUCERS

• THE PRODUCERS ARE THE AUTOTROPHS PRESENT IN AN ECOSYSTEM . PRODUCERS INCLUDE

PLANTA , ALGAE AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA .
• THESE ORGANISMS ARE ABLE TO SYNTHESIZE COMPLEX ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ( FOOD)
FROM INORGANIC RAW METERIAL PRODUCERS FORM THE BASIS OF ANY ECOSYSTEM IN
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM PLANTS ARE THE MAIN PRODUCERS .
• IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM THE MAIN PRODUCERS ARE FLOATING PHOTOSYNTHETIC
ORGANISMS ( MAINLY ALGAE) CALLED PHYTOPLANKTON AND SHALLOW WATER ROOTED
PLANTS.
PRODUCERS
 CONSUMERS

• THE CONSUMERS ARE HETROTROPHS .THEY CAN’T SYNTHESIZE THEIR FOOD AND SO DEPEND
UPON PRODUCERS FOR FOOD
• CONSUMERS INCLUDE ALL ANIMALS , FUNGI , PROTOZOANS AND MANY OF THE BACTERIA
• THE ANIMALS ARE THE MAJOR CONSUMERS OF THE ECOSYSTEM .
• THEY’RE FURTHER CLASSIFIED AS :
• (A) HERBIVORE
• (B) CARNIVORE
TYPES OF CONSUMERS
 HERBIVORES

• ANIMALS THAT FEED ON PLANTS ARE HERBIVORES.

. CATTLE. RABBIT, DEER , GRSSHOPPER ETC ARE HERBIVORES FEED ON PLANTS.

. THEY ARE THE PRIMARY CONSUMERS .THEY DIRECTLY FEEDS ON PLANTS AND PRODUCTS OF
PLANTS.
 CARNIVORES

• CARNIVORES FEED ON OTHER ANIMALS .

• PRIMARY CARNIVORE ( SECONDARY CONSUMERS FEED ON HERBIVORES
• E.G FOX, FROG PREDATORY BIRDS MANY FISHES AND SNACKS ETC ARE PRIMARY CARNIVORE
• SECONDARY CARNIVORE ( TERTIARY CONSUMER) FEED ON PRIMARY CARNIVORES WOLF AND
OWLS ETC ARE SECONDARY CARNIVORE
• TERTIARY CARNIVORES ( LION ,TIGER ETC FEED ON SECONDARY CARNIVORES .
 DECOMPOSERS OR REDUCERS

• BREAK DOWN THE COMPLEX ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF DEAD MATTER ( IF PLANTS AND
ANIMALS) INTO THE SIMPLE COMPOUND.
• THEY SECRET DIGESTIVE ENZYMES INTO DEAD AND DECAYING PLANTS AND ANIMALS REMAINS
TO DIGEST THE ORGANIC METERIAL AFTER DIGESTION DECOMPOSERS ABSORB THE PRODUCTS
FOR THEIR OWN USE .THE REMAINING SUBSTANCES ADDED TO THE ENVIRONMENT MANY
TYPES OF BACTERIA AND FUNGI ARE THE PRINCIPAL DECOMPOSERS OF BIOSPHERE.
DECOMPOSERS