PPT Slide
Definition subsurface ecosystem...
- A hydrogeochemical environment and it’s associated biota present below the soil zone.
The subsurface as a separate ecosystem on Earth...
- Biomass in ocean sediments is equal to 10% of surface biomass
- With respect to terrestrial-surface and aquatic ecosystems little is known about subsurface ecosystems
- Life can be present to a depth of at least 3.5 km (110 ºC)
- Is a separate ecosystem really independent of a surface aerobic ecosystem and can it continue without the green upperground.