Biotic factors are living or once-living organisms in the ecosystem. These are obtained from the biosphere and are capable of reproduction. Examples of biotic factors are animals, birds, plants, fungi, and other similar organisms.
What are the 5 biotic factors?
Like all ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems have five biotic or living factors: producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers.
What are abiotic factors in a biosphere?
Stated another way, the abiotic, or nonliving, portion of each ecosystem in the biosphere includes the flow of energy, nutrients, water, and gases and the concentrations of organic and inorganic substances in the environment.