Question

How does biological diversity relate to the characteristics of the abiotic factors of an ecosystem?

Answer 1

The components of an ecosystem may be divided into two factors. First one is biotic and second is abiotic factors. Biotic factors include all the living organisms within an ecosystem. These may be plants, animals, fungi, and any other living things. Abiotic factors include all of the non-living things in an ecosystem. These may be light, oxygen, misture, mineral salts, heat and carbondioxides. Abiotic and biotic factors work togather and there is direct impact of abiotic factors on biotic factors. The main source of energy in an ecosystem is light. Photosynthesis depends on water, ligh and carbondixide. Plants also need mineral salts and optimum temperature to work their cell properly. If these abiotic factors are sufficiently available in an enviroment, the process of synthesis of organic material (by photosynthesis) will be maximum and thus plants, algae and animals can reproduce easier and the population will increase, potential ecological niches will multiply which will ultimately result in emergence of new species and thus diversity will increase. The environmment where abiotic factors are limited, for example in desert, the producers exist in little number leading to less diversity.