### Question
Can you define what ecosystem means?


### Answer
**Ecosystem** is defined as the following in *16 U.S.C. § 666c*:

> the complex of a community of organisms and the environment of the organisms

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 666c*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 5A-PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE > SUBCHAPTER I-GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH**

