noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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marine
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Most threatening of these for the marine ecosystem is the exposure to increased ultra-violet radiation through the depletion of the ozone layer.
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Other members of marine ecosystems have also died as a result of red-tide blooms.
natural
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Figure 8 illustrates the differences between a natural ecosystem and an urban-industrial ecosystem.
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At one extreme are pure, natural ecosystems like an alpine meadow or a mangrove swamp.
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Nature's Services: societal dependence on natural ecosystems .
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Seen in the right light, a robust industrial ecosystem is an extension of the natural ecosystem of the biosphere.
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Yet all of these new ideas threaten that natural desert ecosystem , Evans says.
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forest
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For example, below-ground resource allocation is driven by nitrogen or water availability in many forest ecosystem models.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Many species of burrowing insects are essential for maintaining a healthy soil ecosystem .
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The bay has a very complex and delicate ecosystem .
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The rainforest is a self-supporting ecosystem .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the end of September I seemed to have been the only person in the ecosystem who had not seen a wolf.
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If the dynamics of the whole ecosystem fail in this respect, changes will inevitably occur, until finally self-consistency is achieved.
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Other members of marine ecosystems have also died as a result of red-tide blooms.
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The failure of the dialogue to clarify the effects of population growth on ecosystems and mineral supplies has other causes.
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The issue was whether or not the bacteria in his body would contaminate the local ecosystem .
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These new plants could regenerate quickly, so they took over the ecosystem .
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We need to be aware, however, that the school environment is a delicate ecosystem , highly sensitive to political whim.
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Where there is an ecosystem , there are local experts.