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Energy Flow

Energy Flow

The movement of energy around an ecosystem by biotic and abiotic means. Ecological pyramids (food chains) is where a sizable percentage of energy is held, where organisms in the chain supply an energy source to other organisms and so forth, to the top of the chain which then decomposes after death.


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Role of membranes in synthesis of ATP in cellular respiratio

seems OK, I would just change this sentence: but uses the flow of electrons generated from its reactions to regulate hydrogen levels. into something like: but uses (better avoid this verb) the energy released during redox reactions taking place iin mitochondria membranes to ...

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by JackBean
Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:57 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Role of membranes in synthesis of ATP in cellular respiratio
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cancer spread biology?

... Valley, Calif., USA [1]. Demonstration of 2 kinds of qigong: 1) opening energy gates of the body and 2) Long Hiu gong ( Dragon-Tiger qigong). 1st ... Influence of qigong state on volume of human peripheral vascular blood flow. 3rd Nat Acad Conf on Qigong Science. Guangzhou, China. 11Eb; 1990. ...

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by suzidoc8
Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:10 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: cancer spread biology?
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Thermal insulation by adipose tissue

... influences such as autonomic nervous system activity, the rate of blood flow and the delivery of a complex mix of substrates and hormones in the ... At the same time, adipocytes signal to other tissues to regulate their energy metabolism in accordance with the body's nutritional state. Ultimately ...

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by einfopedia
Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:20 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Thermal insulation by adipose tissue
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Views: 3326

Diffusion

... of gill filaments composed of flattened plates called lamallae. Blood flowing through the capillaries within the lamallae picks up O2 from the ... of water across a membrane. This is passive transport requiring no energy. Gradients of water potential drive the osmotic movement of water ...

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by killian07
Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:23 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Diffusion
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Views: 1964

Food web question

... concept of grazing food webs & detrital webs In specific, how can energy/matter be transfered from a detrital web to a grazing food web. -My ... a bacteria or fungus decomposes this material, where does the energy flow to? Isnt it converted to NH4+ via ammonification, then back to the plants ...

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by ReMuSoMeGa
Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:41 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Food web question
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Views: 737
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