Agricultural productivityAgricultural productivity is measured as the ratio of agricultural outputs to inputs. While individual products are usually measured by weight, which is known as crop yield, varying products make measuring overall agricultural output difficult. Therefore, agricultural productivity is usually measured as the market value of the final output. This productivity can be compared to many different types of inputs such as labour or land. Such comparisons are called partial measures of productivity.
Grande Barrière de corailLa Grande Barrière de corail ou récif de la Grande Barrière (en Great Barrier Reef) constitue le plus grand récif corallien du monde. L'ensemble, qui s'étire sur plus de depuis Bundaberg jusqu'à la pointes de la péninsule du cap York, couvre une superficie de . Le site est inscrit en 1981 sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco sous le nom de Grande Barrière. La Grande Barrière de corail, située en mer de Corail au large du Queensland, en Australie, est composée de et .
Marine coastal ecosystemA marine coastal ecosystem is a marine ecosystem which occurs where the land meets the ocean. Marine coastal ecosystems include many very different types of marine habitats, each with their own characteristics and species composition. They are characterized by high levels of biodiversity and productivity. For example, estuaries are areas where freshwater rivers meet the saltwater of the ocean, creating an environment that is home to a wide variety of species, including fish, shellfish, and birds.
Ecosystem modelAn ecosystem model is an abstract, usually mathematical, representation of an ecological system (ranging in scale from an individual population, to an ecological community, or even an entire biome), which is studied to better understand the real system. Using data gathered from the field, ecological relationships—such as the relation of sunlight and water availability to photosynthetic rate, or that between predator and prey populations—are derived, and these are combined to form ecosystem models.
PhytoplanctonLe phytoplancton (du grec φυτόν, phyton, pour « plante » et πλαγκτός, planktos, errante) est le plancton autotrophe vis-à-vis du carbone, obtenant son énergie par la photosynthèse (comme les plantes). Le phytoplancton inclut des protistes, comme des dinoflagellés, et des bactéries telles que les cyanobactéries (anciennement « algues bleu-vert »). La plupart de ces organismes sont trop petits pour être visibles à l’œil nu, mais s'ils sont en quantité suffisante, ils apparaissent à la surface de l'eau comme des étendues colorées.
Coral reef fishCoral reef fish are fish which live amongst or in close relation to coral reefs. Coral reefs form complex ecosystems with tremendous biodiversity. Among the myriad inhabitants, the fish stand out as colourful and interesting to watch. Hundreds of species can exist in a small area of a healthy reef, many of them hidden or well camouflaged. Reef fish have developed many ingenious specialisations adapted to survival on the reefs. Coral reefs occupy less than 1% of the surface area of the world oceans, but provide a home for 25% of all marine fish species.
Marine microorganismsMarine microorganisms are defined by their habitat as microorganisms living in a marine environment, that is, in the saltwater of a sea or ocean or the brackish water of a coastal estuary. A microorganism (or microbe) is any microscopic living organism or virus, that is too small to see with the unaided human eye without magnification. Microorganisms are very diverse. They can be single-celled or multicellular and include bacteria, archaea, viruses and most protozoa, as well as some fungi, algae, and animals, such as rotifers and copepods.
Total inorganic carbonTotal inorganic carbon (CT or TIC) is the sum of the inorganic carbon species. Carbon compounds can be distinguished as either organic or inorganic, and dissolved or particulate, depending on their composition. Organic carbon forms the backbone of key components of organic compounds such as proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids. Inorganic carbon is found primarily in simple compounds such as carbon dioxide (), carbonic acid (), bicarbonate (), and carbonate ().
Miscanthus géantTaxobox synonymes | Miscanthus floridulus 'Giganteus Miscanthus sinensis 'Giganteus Le miscanthus géant (Miscanthus ×giganteus) est une espèce de plante monocotylédone de la famille des Poaceae, sous-famille des Panicoideae, originaire d'Asie orientale. C'est un hybride interspécifique allotétraploïde (2n = 3 x = 57) qui résulte d'un croisement naturel rare entre une espèce diploïde, Miscanthus sinensis (2n = 2x = 38), et une espèce tétraploïde, Miscanthus sacchariflorus (2n = 4x = 76) (dont il existe des formes génétiquement très différentes).
Community (ecology)In ecology, a community is a group or association of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area at the same time, also known as a biocoenosis, biotic community, biological community, ecological community, or life assemblage. The term community has a variety of uses. In its simplest form it refers to groups of organisms in a specific place or time, for example, "the fish community of Lake Ontario before industrialization".
