Q.Among biotic components, the micro consumers are called _______.

An ecosystem is a self-regulatory, self-sustaining structural and functional unit of nature that contains both biotic components (living organisms) and abiotic components (non-living factors such as soil, water, light and temperature), which continuously interact with each other. Ecosystems range enormously in scale, from a small pond to an ocean, and are broadly grouped into terrestrial ecosystems (forest, grassland, desert) and aquatic ecosystems (lakes, rivers, wetlands, seas, oceans, estuaries), and separately into natural ecosystems, which are self-sustaining, and artificial ecosystems such as farmland or a managed fish pond, which need continuous human input of energy or materials. …