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ecosystem

Definition

  • noun: everything that exists in a particular environment
  • noun: the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit

Examples

  • the forest's 'ecosystem'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) from the rays of the sea Okay, the Drop Off. All right, kids. Feel free to explore, but stay close. Stromalitic cyanobacteria! Gather. An ecosystem contained in one infinitesimal speck. Come on. Let's go. Come on. Sing with me. There's porifera, coelenterata, hydrozoa, scyphozoa (..)
    2003 Finding Nemo