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ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY
Ecosystem diversity deals with the variations in ecosystems within a geographical location and its overall impact on human existence and the environment.
An ecosystem is a complex relationship in a community between living organisms, as well as the non-living or physical components of the environment such as water, soil and climate interacting as a system [1]. From the definition, the ecosystem is a manifold of a heterogeneous system consisting of living and non-living organisms in dynamic interactions with their environment, thus giving rise to the concept of “ecosystem diversity.” Ecological diversity is a type of biodiversity. Biodiversity is the variability or differences among living organisms in an ecosystem and comprises of genetic diversity, species diversity and ecosystem diversity.
Types of Ecosystem: Ecosystems can be broadly classified into different categories based on moisture content, geographical location, temperature and other visible characteristics (2). Ecosystems include but are not limited to Tropical rain forest, Desert, temperate forest, Tundra, Savanna or grasslands. Three type of biodiversity includes genetic diversity which deal with the total number of genetic makeup for a species, Species diversity which deal with the measure of diversity in an ecological community and ecosystem diversity.
Impact of Ecosystem Diversity (Ecosystem Diversity)
Diversity in the ecosystem is significant to human existence for a variety of reasons (3). Ecosystem Diversity boost the availability of oxygen via the process of photosynthesis amongst plant organisms domiciled in the habitat. Diversity In an aquatic environment helps in the purification of water by plant varieties for use by humans. Diversity increases plant varieties which serves as a good source for medicines and herbs for human use. A lack of diversity in the ecosystem produces an opposite result.
Citations:
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Ecosystems. (2009). In B. W. Lerner & K. L. Lerner (Eds.), In Context Series. Environmental Science: In Context (Vol. 1, pp. 242-246). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://libproxy.howardcc.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com.libproxy.howardcc.edu/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=colu91149&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCX3233900080&asid=ece573364e176588534845e3350339a7
2 Ecosystems and types. Purdy, E. R. (2012). Ecosystems. In S. G. Philander (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate
Change (2nd ed., Vol. 1, pp. 485-487). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Reference. Retrieved from
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3 Ecosystem Diversity Ecosystem Diversity. (2009). In B. W. Lerner & K. L. Lerner (Eds.), In Context Series. Environmental Science: In Context (Vol. 1, pp. 239-241). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://libproxy.howardcc.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com.libproxy.howardcc.edu/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=colu91149&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCX3233900079&asid=8f0354e5731e2eb5a19082ac0bca4c4d
4 Aquatic Ecosystems. (2009). In B. W. Lerner & K. L. Lerner (Eds.), In Context Series. Environmental Science: In Context (Vol. 1, pp. 30-32). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://libproxy.howardcc.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com.libproxy.howardcc.edu/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=colu91149&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCX3233900020&asid=77cb344c8f430c2acc2bc15c3c4d96e4
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