Ecosystem Ecology: Links in the Chain - Crash Course Ecology #7

Hank brings us to the next level of ecological study with ecosystem ecology, which looks at how energy, nutrients, and materials are getting shuffled around within an ecosystem (a collection of living and nonliving things interacting in a specific place), and which basically comes down to who is eating who. Table of Contents 1) Defining Ecosystems 0:49:1 2) Trophic Structure 4:44:1 a) Primary Producers 5:27 b) Primary Consumers 5:41 c) Secondary Consumers 5:49:1 d) Tertiary Consumers 5:58:2 e) Detrivores 6:08:1 3) Bioaccumulation 8:47 Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/ CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids