Ecology, June 1st, 1998
Energy is required by all forms of life and the availability of various forms of energy control the distribution, abundance, and interactions of many species. The premise of this book is that most ecosystems lack sufficient energy to support microbial growth. Although many ecosystems have plenty of organic matter, most of this material is not easily decomposed and as such is not available for use by microbes. Given that bacteria or bacteria-like organisms were the first living things on this planet and that the earliest environments were organically poor, i.e., no green plant production, the...
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