Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 29.4, Problem 1CYL
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The disturbance in nutrient cycles by human activities.
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The human population is growing very rapidly and the development of new technologies has greater impact on nutrient cycles. Human activities that include use of fossil fuels and chemical fertilizers has disrupted the global nutrient cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur. The agricultural demand of a growing human population leads to the excessive use of fertilizers containing phosphate, nitrogen, and urea.
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Chapter 29 Solutions
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Ch. 29.1 - explain why nutrients cycle within and between...Ch. 29.2 - Prob. 1CSCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 29.2 - Prob. 1TCCh. 29.2 - describe how energy flows through an ecosystem?Ch. 29.2 - Prob. 3CYLCh. 29.2 - explain how the inefficiency of energy transfer...Ch. 29.3 - explain why nutrients cycle within and among...Ch. 29.3 - Prob. 1ETCh. 29.3 - Prob. 1TC
Ch. 29.3 - describe the hydrologic, nitrogen, carbon, and...Ch. 29.4 - Prob. 1CSRCh. 29.4 - Prob. 1CTCh. 29.4 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 29.4 - Prob. 1HYEWCh. 29.4 - Prob. 1TCCh. 29.4 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 29.4 - People tend to be much more attuned to whats...Ch. 29.4 - Prob. 3CYLCh. 29 - Prob. 1ACCh. 29 - Prob. 1FIBCh. 29 - Prob. 1MCCh. 29 - Prob. 1RQCh. 29 - Discuss the contribution of human population...Ch. 29 - Prob. 2FIBCh. 29 - Which of the following is not a major reservoir in...Ch. 29 - Prob. 2RQCh. 29 - Feeding levels within ecosystems are also called...Ch. 29 - Prob. 3MCCh. 29 - Define net primary production. Would you predict...Ch. 29 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 29 - Net primary production per unit area is likely to...Ch. 29 - Prob. 4RQCh. 29 - Prob. 5FIBCh. 29 - Prob. 5MCCh. 29 - How do food chains and food webs differ? Which is...Ch. 29 - Prob. 6FIBCh. 29 - Prob. 6RQCh. 29 - Prob. 7FIBCh. 29 - Trace the movement of carbon from one of its...Ch. 29 - Prob. 8RQCh. 29 - Prob. 9RQ
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