M5: Ecosystem Ecology - Global Ecology

Question 1

What is the atmospheric pressure that oscillates, and correspondence with precipitation during monsoons and barometric pressure across E Pacific and W Pacific?

Answer 1

El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

Question 2

What can be found in Tahiti vs Darwin, Australia?

Answer 2

Southern Oscillation Index

Question 3

What is circulating air from Western Pacific to Eastern Pacific ?

Answer 3

Walker Circulation

Question 4

Who described Walker Circulation?

Answer 4

Jacob Berjknes

Question 5

What follows the El Nino’s period of low productivity?

Answer 5

Phytoplankton blooms

Question 6

What affects global nitrogen cycle?

Answer 6

Agriculture and Industrial Activities

Question 7

What are the impacts of human activity in global nitrogen cycle?

Answer 7

1. Acid rain
2. Eutrophication
3. Greenhouse gases

Question 8

What contributes to high biodiversity of Brazil and other tropical areas?

Answer 8

Forests

Question 9

What is the relationships of edge effects?

Answer 9

Increased Tree Mortality and Understory Thickness, and Decreased Overstory thickness and Diversity of Animals

Question 10

Who mentioned that 14C in atmosphere is lower compared to other C isoptopes?

Answer 10

H. Seuss (1955)

Question 11

What signify the decrease in 14C in atmospheric CO2 owing to admixture of CO2 produced by the combustion of fossil fuels?

Answer 11

Seuss Effect

Question 12

What is the shape of the graph in changing atmospheric condition?

Answer 12

Constantly Low to Exponential Increasing