Classification of Ecosystem
Intended
Learning Outcomes
At
the end of this Lecture, students will be able to
• Discuss different types of ecosystems
Content
• Major Ecosystems
• Classification of Ecosystem
Major
Ecosystems
•
Earth is a
vast ecosystem it
is however difficult
to handle and thus for convenience we generally study it by making
artificial subdivisions into units of smaller ecosystem. (eg. Terrestrial
ecosystem as, forest ecosystem, desert ecosystem, grassland ecosystem, manmade
ecosystem as cropland
ecosystem, and aquatic ecosystem
as freshwater, marine, etc.)
• An ecosystem thus be separated from each
other but it must be remembered that these units of ecosystem are linked with
each other forming an integrated system.
Classification
of Ecosystem