APES Chapter 3

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Rate at which an ecosystem returns to its original state after a sisturbance

Organisms that specialize in breaking down dead tissues and waste products

Eat primary consumers. Carnivores

Fungi and bacteria that complete the breakdown process by recycling the nutrients from dead tissues and wastes back into the ecosystem

Worth of a species as an instrument or tool that can be used to accomplish a goal. Provisions, Regulation services, support systems, resilience, and cultural services

Successive levels of organisms consuming each other

Process that unlocks the chemical energy stored in cells of organisms

Producers convert CO2 into sugars. Sugars are converted back into CO2. Extraction of fossil fuels brings carbon to earth's surface where it is combusted. CO2 in atmosphere and CO2 dissolved in water are constantly exchange.