The stability of ecosystems and their resistance to contamination

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The concept of ecosystem resilience The stability of natural biological systems

The concept of ecosystem resilience

The stability of natural biological systems (population, or biocoenosis) should understood as the

ability for many generations continuously preserve the natural structure and function in a dynamic equilibrium with the environmental changes and the ability to repair itself after structural disturbance  due to external influences
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Ecosystem - an open, self-regulating and self-developing system Provided by: resistant

Ecosystem - an open, self-regulating and self-developing system

Provided by:
resistant relationships between

their components (community of organisms and abiotic components);
trophic relationships and energy;
variety of organisms that perform the same function, but occupy different ecological niches;
permanent self-reproduction of populations, the capacity for evolution of species and microevolution of populations

Rapid adaptation to environmental changes

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The biosphere natural unit principles Biospheric stability Species diversity Stability of

The biosphere natural unit principles

Biospheric
stability

Species
diversity

Stability of populations

Сirculation of
substances

The pyramid
of energy

Adaptability
of

species
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Features of natural and man-made ecosystems Homeostasis - population or ecosystem

Features of natural and man-made ecosystems

Homeostasis - population or ecosystem ability

to maintain stability in a changing environment
Under natural conditions:
variability of ecosystem
continuing violation of equilibria
fluctuations in population size due to internal and external influences, interactions of different species
The stability of ecosystems:
individual physical, chemical and biological balance
stability of mass and energy exchange process,
stability of matter and energy cycles
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The stability of ecosystems Ability to return to its original state

The stability of ecosystems

Ability to return to its original state after the system was derived from an

equilibrium state

Stable mobile equilibrium:
old relationships are renewed more rapidly,
the duration of the resumption depends on the violations scale and on the specific system properties

Unstable equilibrium:
series of changes begin to develop rapidly and irreversibly even for small violations of existing relationships in natural systems.

Self Regulating Systems

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Types of stability resistant stability - the ability to remain in

Types of stability

resistant stability - the ability to remain in the steady state under the load
elastic resistance - the

ability to recover quickly
Three degrees of ecosystems’ deviation from equilibrium under the  external factors:
stress - the composition of biological communities is practically unchanged, the structure is changed significantly, there is a redistribution of species as a function of the dominant degree;
resistant state - is sharply reduced species diversity and the changing composition of the community; resistant to the external factor population develop; this condition is characterized by the biomass  stability of the total organisms community;
repression - the complete suppression of the organisms’ development
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Resistant and resilient ecosystem sustainability Ecosystem functioning ecosystem disturbance range of

Resistant and resilient ecosystem sustainability

Ecosystem functioning

ecosystem disturbance

range of normal operation

overall ecosystem
sustainability

measure

resistance

measure of elasticity

Time

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