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Exploring the Vital Benefits of Ecosystems and Understanding Balance & Change in Nature

Discover the numerous advantages of ecosystems, such as cultural, environmental, economic, and other benefits like recreation and spiritual fulfillment. Ecosystems offer essential products like food, lumber, and medicines. They also play a crucial role in environmental processes like climate regulation, water purification, and oxygen production. Moreover, ecosystems create economic opportunities, tourism attractions, and contribute to erosion reduction and flood prevention. Learn about the equilibrium and succession in ecosystems, following disturbances like forest fires or human activities.

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Exploring the Vital Benefits of Ecosystems and Understanding Balance & Change in Nature

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  1. Benefits of an Ecosystem

  2. Benefits of an Ecosystem • Cultural • Products • Environmental • Economic • Other

  3. Cultural • Recreation- canoeing, swimming, fishing • Educational- walks led by naturalists to learn more about birds and plants • Spiritual- inspiration, reduce stress

  4. Products Ecosystems also provide us with products that make our lives easier • Examples • Lumber- from trees • Food- fruits and vegetables, fish, meat • Medicines

  5. Environmental • Climate moderation-plants take in CO2 , which helps trap thermal energy that warms the Earth’s surface • Water and air purification- certain plants and organisms can remove and destroy some harmful chemicals in the air, water and soil • Oxygen supply- through photosynthesis

  6. Economic • Job opportunities- forestry • Tourism products and services- ecotourism

  7. Other • Erosion reduction- roots of plant anchor the soil • Flood prevention- wetlands absorb surface water • Maintaining balanced wildlife

  8. Balance & Change in Ecosystems Equilibrium: the state of an ecosystem in which the biotic and abiotic features remain relatively constant over a long period of time

  9. Balance & Change in Ecosystems Equilibrium: the state of an ecosystem in which the biotic and abiotic features remain relatively constant over a long period of time Succession: the observed changes over time in an ecosystem, following a disturbance

  10. Balance & Change in Ecosystems Equilibrium: the state of an ecosystem in which the biotic and abiotic features remain relatively constant over a long period of time Succession: the observed changes over time in an ecosystem, following a disturbance Disturbance examples: forest fire volcanic eruption hurricane human disturbance

  11. Balance & Change in Ecosystems Stages of Succession after a disturbance leaving only bare rock

  12. Balance & Change in Ecosystems Stages of Succession after a disturbance leaving only bare rock stage 1: lichen and moss

  13. Balance & Change in Ecosystems Stages of Succession after a disturbance leaving only bare rock stage 1: lichen and moss stage 2: annual plants (create seeds & die at the end of each year)

  14. Balance & Change in Ecosystems Stages of Succession after a disturbance leaving only bare rock stage 1: lichen and moss stage 2: annual plants stage 3: small perennials (live year after year)

  15. Balance & Change in Ecosystems Stages of Succession after a disturbance leaving only bare rock stage 1: lichen and moss stage 2: annual plants stage 3: small perennials stage 4: scrub (shrubs & small trees)

  16. Balance & Change in Ecosystems Stages of Succession after a disturbance leaving only bare rock stage 1: lichen and moss stage 2: annual plants stage 3: small perennials stage 4: scrub stage 5: mixed forest (remains stable in this stage)

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