Biodiversity and Biomagnification

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A biogeochemical cycle or nutrient cycle is a pathway by which a chemical element or molecule moves through both biotic (biosphere) and abiotic compartments of Earth. Generally, the word biogeochemical cycle is just a big word for “chemicals of the living Earth”. The cycling of a harmful element generally follows the same path, that is it moves through the biotic and abiotic compartments of earth. For instance, a cow eats sulfur-rich contaminated grass - the cow is the biotic factor. It that excretes this chemical in its feces where it can travel in the water or remain in the soil. Via condensation (water becoming gas), it goes into the atmosphere; precipitation (rain) completes the cycle as it is now acid raid (containing sulfur).

Biomagnification is the increase in concentration of a substance, such as the pesticide, that occurs in a food chain. This suggests that all the trophic levels (energy levels) in an ecosystem are connected. That is, something that occurs on the lowest trophic level will amplify and affect higher orders in animals belonging in higher trophic levels. This state of equilibrium is essential for the survival and growth of organisms at all levels.

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