BioConcepts

bioecosystemBioökosystem (ger.)

• An ecosystem viewed from the standpoint of organisms and their interactions.  
  category ecosystem see also geoecosystem

  1963

  The implication from the present study that diatom blooms may contribute significantly to the biotin budget of a marine bio-ecosystem needs verification from culture studies.

  Antia, N.J. et al. (1963). Further measurement of primary production using a large-volume plastic sphere. Limnol. Oceanograph. 8, 166-183: 172.

  1984

  Bioökosystem: die Funktionseinheit pflanzlicher und tierischer Lebensgemeinschaften, welche im […] Bioökotop zusammenwirken, in dem sie als ein sich selbst regulierendes Wirkungsgefüge auftreten

  Leser, H. (1984). Zum Ökologie-, Ökosystem- und Ökotopbegriff. Natur Landsch. 59, 351-357: 355.

  1994

  Another solution would differentiate “bio-ecosystems” from “geo-ecosystems”; the first organisms-centered, the second Earth-spaces-centered.

  Rowe, J.S. & Barnes, B.V. (1994). Geo-ecosystems and bio-ecosystems. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 75, 40-41: 41

  1997

  his [Tansley’s] idea of “ecosystem” was primarily what we have called the “bioecosystem,” centered on the organism […] rather than on landscape entities. […] The distinction between “bioecosystem” and “geoecosystem” removes a source of confusion in the ecological literature. […] the “bioecosystem” idea will doubtless be the definition of choice by those interested primarily in organisms

  Rowe, J.S. (1997). Defining the ecosystem. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 78, 95-97: 95; 96.