A decomposer breaks down the producers and consumers in the environment.
A De-composer reduces items into their basic components. returning trees to nitrogen and fertilizers, giving off CO2 and O2 (naturally).
also known as heterotrophs who break down organic matter.
To rapidly decompose decaying animals with fagots.
also known as heterotrophs who break down organic matter.
Turning dead biological materials back into their base chemical components so that they are once again available for producers to use.
decomposers are organisms such as fungi, insects, and bacteria. examples of scavengers are vultures and hyenas. decomposers and scavengers help "clean up" an anvironment. any dead or rotting matter is either eaten by scavengers or broken down by decomposers. whatever is broken down by decomposers returns to the soil as nutrients.
Decomposers not only keep dead things from piling up, they also return vital nutrients to the soil. They are actually really important.
they break down wastes and dead matter
Decomposers (or saprotrophs) are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so carry out the natural process of decomposition. Like herbivores and predators, decomposers are heterotrophichttp://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Heterotrophic, meaning that they use organic substrateshttp://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Organic_material to get their energyhttp://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Energy, carbonhttp://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Carbon and nutrientshttp://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Nutrients for growth and development. Decomposers use deceased organisms and non-living organic compounds as their food source.
fungi decomposes the things within its ecosystem
they eat the dead matter and recycle it back into the environment and soil ready for the plants to use again
Decomposers play a rather vital role in an ecosystem. Importantly, if dead flesh and plant matter don't get decomposed and much of their substance consumed by decomposers, they can potentially become excessively toxic to other members of the ecosystem.
They are a very important part of any ecosystem. Fungi and bacteria are decomposes.
They are all required to drive the carbon/energy cycle.
The role an organism plays in an ecosystem is its niche.
Producers capture energy and stores it in food. Consumers get their energy by eating other organisms. Decomposers decomposes the consumers, producers and waste materials to products that are again useful for producers. Thus, consumers do not actually have a role, while producers and decomposers do.
The most important role an organism plays in the ecosystem
Decomposers reintroduce a dead animal into an ecosystem by creating fuel for plants. The dead animal decomposes and creates nutrients for plant growth.
the pond ecosystem
the role of a decomposer in an ecosystem is to use waste materials and dead organisms for food.
A wallaby's role in our ecosystem is to eat plants and give meat to the animals that eat it.