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Essay Instructions: Ecosystem Components Paper

Select a representative natural Ecosystem in your area (Virginia) or one that you are interested in??"such as a lake, preserve, or park??"that is managed for native species.

• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper explaining the following:

o The major structural and functional dynamics (processes) of that ecosystem including change over time
o How humans may have affected biogeochemical cycles in that ecosystem, including impacts to the nitrogen, phosphorus, or carbon cycle
o How knowledge about that ecosystem’s structure and function can help or has helped to develop plans for its management and restoration
o The implication of species interactions in ecosystem management and restoration

• Include two outside references.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Essay Instructions: Explain the major biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystem.

Discuss the impact that humans currently have on the specified ecosystem.

Predict the effect of future human impact on the specified ecosystem.

Provide guidelines regarding human activities that will aid in preserving the specified ecosystem.

Use outside sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.

Essay Instructions: Compare and Contract you findings. Be sure to address the following:

1) How do the biotic and abiotic components change the equilibrium of the escosystem?

2) Describe how the escosystems go through the natural cycle of progression?

3)Explain some of the mechanisms that can help or hinder an ecosystem's recovery from a disturbance. Use an example from your local area to illustrate your explanation (ie grassland or forest fire, overgazing, over-cultivating, strip mining, clear-cut logging, etc.)

Essay Instructions: Select a representative natural ecosystem in your area or one that you are interested in?such as a lake, preserve, or park?that is managed for native species.

? Write a paper explaining the following:

o The major structural and functional dynamics (processes) of that ecosystem including change over time
o How humans may have affected biogeochemical cycles in that ecosystem, including impacts to the nitrogen, phosphorus, or carbon cycle
o How knowledge about that ecosystem?s structure and function can help or has helped to develop plans for its management and restoration
o The implication of species interactions in ecosystem management and restoration