Chapter 36 : Ecosystems

energy_flow "food chain" peregrine falcon (not swainson's hawk), mole?
BBC-PlanetEarth/3.2_Jungles/#26:10 Cordyceps fungus Cordyceps: a killer fungus: is it a decomposer? Parasite?
consumers Anyone Herbivore? Carnivore (pasta, pizza, cake, fries)? Detritivore?
BBC-Galapagos/#10:20 Blue Footed booby - Ghost Crab detritivore 12:40
food_web Hawk on WEASEL? Raccoon or snake. Who eats human?
heterotrophs Beetle elytra (350K species)
solar TENNIS ball earth electromagnetic; Tilt 23.5°; Solstice: 6-12/21, Vernal equinox 3-9/21. Glen ELLYN 41.87°N.
rain_shadow Mojave; Gobi Desert in Asia. Hawaii: Kona, Hilo; Mauna Loa/Kea
hurricanes counterclockwise in northern H; cyclones southern. Coriolis effect: rotating earth causes prevailing winds Coriolis effect (carousel analogy)
cycle_carbon 387 ppm=0.04%, C FIXATION.
cycle_water Transpiration BAG. What's missing? animals! URINATION: fish pee; urethra.
deep-vent beardworms=tube worms; "marine snow", discovered 1977 Galapagos Rift; 350°C cools to 2°C.
BBC-PlanetEarth/4.2_OceanDeep/#25:00 Hydrothermal vent 9° North Galapagos Hydrothermal vents: deep sea volcanoes
open-sea Protist VOLVOX, krill (also jellyfish) animal -> Baleen whales (Blue, Humpback); ocean surface 71%.
BBC-BluePlanet/3.5_SeasonalSeas/#4:50 Phytoplankton; 11:25 Basking Shark filters plankton 12:10 Anemones
PBS-ShapeOfLife/1.2_LifeOnTheMove/#10:10 Cnidarians 13:30 Sea Anemone 17:55 Battle 21:00 Coral polyps
shallow_waters Shallow MOST sunlight, open-sea still SOME light. Continental shelf: 20 m, shelf break, slope.
terrestrial-taiga CONES; largest terrestrial ecosystem.
terrestrial-chaparral Chaps MAGAZINE
terrestrial-desert Desert Fox=Fennec
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Somites: mesoderm cells become dermis, skeletal muscle, vertebrae.