But in a few rare cases—such as ecosystems found in rocks deep beneath the ground—bacterial producers can use the energy found in a gas called hydrogen sulfide, that is found within the ...

D. L. DeAngelis, Energy Flow, Nutrient Cycling, and Ecosystem Resilience, Ecology, Vol. 61, No. 4 (Aug., 1980), pp. 764-771 ...

In most ecosystems, the ultimate source of all energy is the sun. Plants and microorganisms on land and in the sea use photosynthesis to produce biomass (living material): they absorb specific ...

An annual energy budget is presented for Bear Brook, a small undisturbed second-order stream in northeastern United States. The ecosystem approach, in which all input and output fluxes of potential ...

Often conjuring images of dank, smelly, mosquito-infested wastelands, upon closer look, wetlands are actually biologically diverse and productive ecosystems. Home to a variety of plant life ...