Ecological Community

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008853",
  "term": "Ecological Community",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Group of organisms occurring together.\n\n2. In ecology, a group of interacting populations in time and space. Sometimes, a particular subgrouping may be specified, such as the fish community in a lake or the soil arthropod community in a forest.\n\n3. In ecology, an assemblage of populations of different species within a specified location in space and time. Sometimes, a particular subgrouping may be specified, such as the fish community in a lake or the soil arthropod community in a forest.\n\n4. Naturally occurring assemblage of plants and animals that live in the same environment and are mutually sustaining and interdependent. [Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary]",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from Chesapeake Bay Program Glossary",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "Report on the Environment (ROE) Glossary",
    "NSTEPS Online Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ecological-community/"
}