Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: primary producers : trophic level that ultimately supports all others; autotrophs, detritus : nonliving organic material, mass conservation : matter cannot be created or destroyed, tertiary consumers : consumers that eat other carnivores, primary consumers : consumers that eat plant material an other primary consumers, detritivores : decomposers. consumers that get their energy from detritus, bio remediation : using organisms to detoxify polluted ecosystems, secondary consumers : consumers that eat herbivores, eutrophication : increased growth of organisms such as algae or cyanobacteria in water, turn overtime : standing crop divided by production, limiting nutrient : element that must be added for production to increase, biogeochemical cycles : nutrient cycles involving both biotic and abiotic components.