Question

The term biocenosis was coined by
(a) Darwin
(b) Haeckel
(c) Odum
(d) Mobius

Answer 1

Hint: A German zoologist who also studied the ecology of oysters along with the interaction of species that lives in the same habitat.

Complete step by step answer:
The organisms which interact with each other lives in the same habitat are called Biocenosis. The term biocenosis was coined by Karl Mobius in 1887. This term was used until the 21st century. later they stopped using it, the word biocenosis distinguishes “ life assemblages” that reflect the organisms living together in a community at a particular time.

Additional information:
- On the basis of the biocenosis concept, ecological communities take various forms such as zoocenosis, phytocoenosis, microbiocenosis
- The animal community or faunal community takes zoocenosis, the plant community or floral community takes phytocoenosis, the microbial community takes microbiocenosis.
- Biocenosis is also called a community that studies the relation between the species in an area.
- Biotic communities may vary in size, for a large number of organisms that can be a smaller community. interactions of species can be seen in food and feeding relationships.
- In order to identify the environmental protection sites, mapping biotic communities such as the British site of special scientific interest and the Australian Department of the environment and heritage maintains the register of threatened species and threatened ecological community under protection.
So, the correct answer is ‘Mobius’.

Note:
- Karl august Mobius was born in Germany in 1825. He is a zoologist and former director of the museum for Naturkande in berlin.
- He opened the first german aquarium in 1863.
- The assemblage of fossils of a particular community of a specific time also comes under biocenosis.