Abiotic components include physical conditions and non-living resources that affect living organisms in terms of growth, maintenance, and reproduction.
[3] In biology, abiotic factors can include water, light, radiation, temperature, humidity, atmosphere, acidity, salinity, precipitation, altitude, minerals, tides, rain, dissolved oxygen nutrients, and soil.
[4] Abiotic factors in ocean environments also include aerial exposure, substrate, water clarity, solar energy and tides.
[5] Consider the differences in the mechanics of C3, C4, and CAM plants in regulating the influx of carbon dioxide to the Calvin-Benson Cycle in relation to their abiotic stressors.
[6][7] Many Archea require very high temperatures, pressures, or unusual concentrations of chemical substances such as sulfur; this is due to their specialization into extreme conditions.