#nutrient cycle

[animalshowdown]

Phylum Round 1

Annelida: Segmented Worms. This group includes earthworms, leeches, and many classes under the umbrella of "polychaete". This diverse phylum encompasses deposit feeders (eating dirt), detritivores, scavengers, deadly ambush predators, filter feeders, parasites, herbivores, and more. They are broadly defined by their repeating body segments and parapodia, which are nubby appendages used for both movement and breathing. Some have curved jaws for catching prey or scraping detritus off of rocks, while others have wide, elaborate feather-like fans for filter feeding. While able to crawl freely, a majority of marine Annelids spend most of their time in self-built tubes or burrows. Among their many important functions, they play a key role in mixing soil/sediment, breaking down decaying organic matter, and providing a key food source to countless other animals.

Nematoda: Roundworms. Split between free-living and parasitic, terrestrial and aquatic, Nematodes inhabit just about every environment on Earth. Nematologist Nathan Cobb once said (paraphrased) that if all matter on Earth disappeared besides Nematodes, we would still be able to identify where everything used to be, simply by the thin layer of nematodes left behind. In the harsh environment of Antarctica's Dry Valleys, these worms dominate the relatively barren ecosystem. The roundworm C. elegans is a widely-studied model organism in science and medicine. Nematodes are also known to parasitize humans, due to their ability to enter a dormant larval state within the muscle of a carrier animal. This is part of why we fully cook pork; to kill any parasites in the meat.

#showing my bias here oops #WORM ON WORM VIOLENCE #sorry y'all I'm literally writing my dissertation on annelid worms <3 come talk to me about bioturbation #and nutrient cycling at the sediment-water interface <3333 #nematodes are cool too though! very interesting little guys #cw parasites #annelida #nematoda #animal bracket #tumblr bracket #bracket tournament #poll bracket #phylum round 1 #phylum

[mcromwell]

"Salmon Run"

Is she bringing the salmon up the bank to fertilize the trees, or to eat it? Why not both? 🐟🌲

12"x16" acrylic on reclaimed support

#art #traditional art #coyote #acrylic #painting #animal art #primitive wiggles #naive art #anthropomorphic #salmon #pnw #ecosystem #fertilizer #cycle of nutrients #circle of life #fishmeal

[deesi-academia]

its me and my girly tendencies (iron deficiency) against the world

#its just annoying that more research isnt done how to naturally balance nutrients in blood like its 2024 this CANT be normal #90% people i know who menstruate are on iron meds. #mentruation #periods #menstrual cycle #womens health

[callistolivia]

I wonder if astrology can imply cravings for certain foods. Mars is squaring my Moon rn and all I can think about is spicy food 🌶️

#astrology #it’s gotta cuz like the moons cycle is so strongly tied to hormonal cycles #and hormones affect food cravings and nutrients (or lack there of) affect hormones #and I think since men run on a daily cycle their cravings must correlate to the Sun #I’ve answered my own wonder

[nexus-nebulae]

the starving street cat headmate has discovered the smoked salmon we bought

#we now have half a package of smoked salmon #he likes. smelling it #it smells really strongly of hickory smoke it's actually really nice #he wants more but we do not want to become ill #we can't have too much meat our body struggles to digest it #bc we kind of stopped eating much meat for a few months because we kept getting sick and going in and out of the ER #and red meat is more likely to upset our stomach so we've been sticking mostly to white meat like chicken and turkey #but we're slowly trying to introduce more meat into our diet again because our protein and calcium levels are real bad #our liver isn't doing too well because of the constant throwing up or not being able to eat #so we really really have to pay attention to what we're eating #while also desperately trying to balance thinking about it as little as possible #because the more we track what food we're eating the more disordered our eating gets because we get neurotic about it #we 1000% cannot focus at all on calorie intake because it messes with our head bad #but focusing more on the nutrients gained is better so we're trying to cycle between safe foods and nutrient foods #getting more calcium and fruit vitamins and protein from things like yoghurt smoothies (with added lactase so i can eat it!) and sardines #we've been focusing on trying to find ready-to-eat meats like canned meat and refrigerated meat #to make it easier to eat When We Want/Need To instead of at set times #makes it easier to Actually Eat

[toytulini]

mmm. havent looked into it very far but i think we gotta cool it with the jokes about rfks brain worm. like i get your impulses there but it is ableist and im not joking about that.

his flaws that would make him a terrible president/person, are rooted somewhere besides the worm. the worm is incidental.

#toy txt post #ive only seen a couple so far but uh. this + that post going around about how many ppl are comfortable using brain damaged as an insult.. #im not free of sin here ive talked about brainworms as a metaphor for bigotry or whatever and i do think the metaphor kinda holds up ? #just not. literally. when i say like fox news brain worms i mean like that worm tongue guy whispering evilness into the kings ear #in lotr or whatever. i dont think a literal actual worm is the root cause of bigotry. bigotry is not the result of a pathogen #its not a fucking yeerk. christ. those arent real #parasites cw #parasites tw #for context ive seen a couple news article headline screenshots floating around saying rfk jr has a brainworm in reference to finding a #tapeworm in his brain? which is. a thing that can happen. theres like 2 different lifecycle stages of tapeworm its possible to get #and the one everyone knows about: in your gut stealing nutrients from you. is one version. #that you get via eating meat infected with worm cysts/larval worms? and the other kind. is uh. the larval worms #you get via eating the eggs. and then they uh. infect your meat. including your brain. i dont fully remember their full life cycle in #detail but like thats like the number one biggest evidence that the Victorian fad diet of eating a tapeworm egg was like. a scam thing #you wouldve wanted to eat the baby worm for the desired effect of not getting nutrients anymore for weightloss. (dont do this) #anyway. point is he sucks bc He Sucks not bc of a parasitic infection

[simmonsized]

unrelated, I am studying, but I can really tell from my notes how bored I was in lecture because the margins become increasingly populated by fanfiction in the tiniest handwriting I am physically capable of

#usually i erase it over the quarter after transferring it to my phone #but we've been going over ecosystem ecology and the nutrient cycle for like two weeks and i haven't had the time sigh #still find time to write gibberish tho #apparently lol

[thespongelady99]

I just learned an entire new bioinformatics pipeline for a class project. No it was not required. Yes it is going completely overboard. No I don’t know why I’m like this.

#it was just easier to code than write my paper right now #and now i know how to use picrust #also lets me look at sponge nutrient cycling #which I have a totally normal and healthy obsession with #biology #bioinformatics #picrust #not a sponge

[dwmmphotography]

Northern raven is here to inspect the bones.

#northern raven #raven #corvus corax #corvidae #scavenger #scavenging #a very important part of nutrient cycling #grizzly and wolf discovery center #steal from bears #long ago in a distant land because i don't want to look it up

[cruiseperuse]

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#tc tumblr is like a small self sustaining ecosystem where the nutrients cycle forever and ever #lestat

[beauceronn]

The reason I'm having so much difficulty with this unit is simply because I don't really care abt the "nitrogen cycle" or what ever aspect of ecology. Not my jam whatsoever.

#atleast succession is part of the unit im so good at that cause its super cool #and ofcourse landscapes and corridors!! i do like those bits #but i dont care about nutrient cycles or reservoirs or memorising how much rain every biome gets or yadda yadda yadda #memorisation is NOT my strong suit #if it doesnt track logically and i dont have a strong example in my head i will never learn it

[ms-hells-bells]

smoothie from frozen blueberries and strawberries (mostly blueberries, since blueberries are very low in sugar), soy milk, pea protein powder, chia seeds, cinnamon, and vanilla essence.

#i'm having trouble eating again as of late #eating is making me nauseous which makes me avoid eaten which makes the eating nausea worse #so trying to get any nutrients into my body #i think it's my cycle causing it #the past couple days i've had bad cramps breast pain and acne #so my body is low estrogen and trying to have a period #i'm bloated and slightly nauseous from this smoothie #but at least some calories and nutrients are in there

[neatokeanosocks]

gonna cook liver on friday. gonna lift an ancestral curse on friday.

#great grandma made bad liver. grandma hated liver forever. mom never had liver. im gonna make some liver and restart the cycle #every time i look up 'hey where do i find essential nutrient/vitamin xyz' its always in livers. livers just solve all your problems baby #they have b12. you can divine with them. practically a magic ingredient #hoooo boooy i am not gonna be anemic after this if all goes well #wish me luck ive never had liver before. any tips for handling chicken livers are welcome #shitpost #cooking #food tw

[hylianengineer]

I’m loving the 666k note self care post for many reasons, including the fact that I can just go to the comments section and infodump about whatever I want. Tonight it was the earliest life on earth and the evolution of life from the first microbes to the first trees. Now I’m sentimental about how COOL biogeochemical cycles are.

#biogeochemistry #<- words i had to add to dictionary today because appararently autocorrect doesn't know science jargon #to be fair i don't think anyone other than biogeochemists knows biogeochemistry is a thing #but they should! we talk about biochem all the time and that's super cool but you know what else is cool? #the global cycles of nutrients and energy that control everything on the entire planet! #rocks! animals! plants! microbes! fungi! #anything and everything is connected to biogeochemical cycles #and it makes sense to talk about these together as opposed to just biology and chemistry and geology because they! are! connected! #the microbes and the lichens make soil out of rocks and they eat the organic matter from decomposing plants and animals #plants take nutrients from the soil and carbon from the air to grow #animals eat the plants and sometimes make calcium carbonate based shells that eventually become part of rocks! #that's where we get limestone and marble! from shells! #it's all connected and it's so beautiful and amazing and god i am in love #<- tags that make me think I should maybe go to grad school #hylian rambles

[harpsicalbiobug]

I’m the go to life sciences dweeb at work which is generally an excellent position to be in and also leads to people being very sweet and introducing me as “our scientist” or other nonsense, which is very kind,

but, BUT I have a coworker who runs the cooking stuff with the kids. luckily we are friends, because that means that when she asks me about the botany behind culinary stuff, I get to answer my honest opinion which is that plant biology is witchcraft and that entire kingdom scares me and just because I know how to ID common native plants doesn’t mean I know why the fuck a coconut is a stone fruit and,

,,,

ugh, I think I’ve convinced myself by writing this post to go learn about this the basics of plant anatomy and physiology.

#this will be good for me #yes I run the garden no I don't know what an endosperm is #I'm good at growing plants for the same reason I'm good at taking care of animals: I research and pay attention and adjust #but when it comes to the biology #I want to talk about soil ecology and nutrient cycles :( plants are too scary #wtf is an apical meristem #plants are WEIRD y'all #they are very cool and I respect them but seriously SO WEIRD #give me insects they make sense :(

[decodingbiosphere]

Why Spiders Are Important to the Ecosystem?

Spiders, those eight-legged creatures that often make us shiver, play an incredibly important role in our ecosystems. Despite their sometimes creepy appearance, spiders are essential for maintaining the balance of nature. From controlling insect populations to providing food for other animals, these tiny arachnids are vital contributors to the health and stability of our environment. 1.…

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#Balanace #Ecosystem #Nature #Nutrient Cycling #Predators #Prey