Major Ecosystem Processes
The two major processes of any ecosystem
are:
1)
chemical cycling2)
one-way flows of
energyAn ecosystem maintains overall stability by three chief mechanisms:
1) controlling the rate of chemical or material cycling within the system2)
controlling the rate
of energy flow through the system3) maintaining a diversity of species and wood webs so that system stability is not affected
seriously by the loss of some food web links and / or species.