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EEB 2100 UConn Final Exam questions and answers Overexplotationoverharvesting natural resources faster than their replacement is a main cause of biodiversity loss Overexploitation-Cod FishingAtlantic Cod fishery is depleted by 1920's technological advances such as diesel engines that allow for larger boats Georges BankInundated, highly productive island where the Gulf Stream causes upwellings of nutrients as they are removed from the bottom of water bodies Largest ...

EEB 2100 UConn Exam 2 questions and answers Most profound nutrients being added to ecosystems by humansNitrogen and phosphorus Nitrogen factsmakes up 78% of Earths atmosphere and many enzymes and proteins that humans need Nitrogen cycle: FixationFixation of N2 gas is done by microorganisms using energy to break down the gas into organic NOx compounds(Nitrate and Nitrite) 1/3rd of free-living bacteria(cyanobacteria) conduct fixation 2/3rds of plant-associated bacteri...