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Flows of organic and inorganic carbon in the biosphere—The biosphere as “biotechnology market”—The biota’s threshold of sensitivity to environmental perturbation—The mechanism of biotic regulation and ecological succession—Stabilizing selection as a means to prevent collapse of the biota’s genetic memory—Information flows in the biota and—civilization—Human kind’s possibilities in managing the environment.
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These bacteria have the ability to gather energy for organic synthesis from the decomposition of several chemical substances—hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, etc. However, in the overall cycle of matter, they play a relatively minor role.
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We will say more on the biotic regulation concept’s handling of the biosphere’s carrying capacity in Chap. 14.
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An evolutionary paradox linked to the functional reconstruction of organs that, at the time of appearance, do not have the adaptive value that they receive in the course of further evolution. For example, the swim bladder in fish reconstituted itself as the lungs of land animals.
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Danilov-Danil’yan, V.I., Reyf, I.E. (2018). Biotic Mechanisms for Supporting Environmental Stability. In: The Biosphere and Civilization: In the Throes of a Global Crisis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67193-2_12
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