Producers
Plants, algae and other photosynthetic life form the energy base of the ecosystem.
Your biodome needs more than attractive species. A living ecosystem needs producers to capture energy, consumers to move energy through the food web, decomposers to recycle nutrients, and buffer species or habitats to stabilise water, temperature and shelter.
Plants, algae and other photosynthetic life form the energy base of the ecosystem.
Herbivores, omnivores and predators transfer energy and keep populations balanced.
Fungi, bacteria and detritivores break down waste and return nutrients to soil or water.
Habitat features such as moss, leaf litter, mud flats and shade reduce environmental stress.
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Select a biome and place species to start building your biodome.
A network of feeding relationships that shows how energy moves between organisms.
A species with an unusually large effect on ecosystem stability, such as top predators or habitat-builders.
The movement of nutrients from living organisms to soil or water and back into living things.
An ecosystem’s ability to cope with shocks such as drought, heat, disease or population change.