Ecosystem Ecology: Links in the Chain - Crash Course Ecology #7
Hank brings us to the next level of ecological study with ecosystem ecology, which looks at how energy, nutrients, and materials are getting shuffled around within an ecosystem (a collection...
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There's a lot of ideas that we just assume that we know a lot about because we hear about them all the time. For instance, I know what pop music is, but if you were to corner me at a party and say, "Hank, what is pop music?", I'd be like, "It's, uh...it's like, uh...the music that plays on the pop station?" Just because we're familiar with a concept does not mean that we actually understand it. Ecology's kind of the same way, even though it's a common, everyday concept and "ecosystem" is a word that we hear a lot, I think most of us would be a little stumped if somebody actually asked us what an ecosystem is, or how one works, or why they're important, etc. I find it helps to think of an ecosyste...
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There's a lot of ideas that we just assume that we know a lot about because we hear about them all the time. For instance, I know what pop music is, but if you were to corner me at a party and say, "Hank, what is pop music?", I'd be like, "It's, uh...it's like, uh...the music that plays on the pop station?" Just because we're familiar with a concept does not mean that we actually understand it. Ecology's kind of the same way, even though it's a common, everyday concept and "ecosystem" is a word that we hear a lot, I think most of us would be a little stumped if somebody actually asked us what an ecosystem is, or how one works, or why they're important, etc. I find it helps to think of an ecosyste...
