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Ecosystems and The Biosphere What is an Ecosystem and Biosphere? Ecosystems are a community of many living organisms and their nonliving environment. Ecosystems can range in size from a tiny pool of water to the largest rainforest. There are a collection of three different types of ecosystems. The first is freshwater, freshwater ecosystems are lakes, reservoirs, rivers, wetlands, and streams. “Freshwater ecosystems are interactive systems within which biotic species and their growth and adaptation, and associated biological productivity, nutrient cycling, and energy flows among inland aquatic microbial, plant, and animal communities, are integrated with their environment,” (Wetzel 2001) this ecosystem uses the vapors from saltwater ecosystems, which the salt is separated when the water turns to steam, and eventually is released as rain or snow into our freshwater systems. Of course, the following system is marine ecosystems. “ Marine ecosystems are aquatic environments with high le