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We will cover fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an integrated dynamic system
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Description
Topics include coevolution of the biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere and oceans; photosynthesis and respiration; the hydrologic, carbon and nitrogen cycles. We will examine the flow of energy and materials through ecosystems; regulation of the distribution and abundance of organisms; structure and function of ecosystems, including evolution and natural selection; metabolic diversity; productivity; trophic dynamics; models of population growth, competition, mutualism and predation. This course is designated as Communication-Intensive; instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Biology is a recommended prerequisite.
Course content
- Introduction: what is ecology? Unlimited
- How to be alive/thermodynamics of life Unlimited
- Redox handout Unlimited
- Photosynthesis handout Unlimited
- CI lecture: getting started with the term project Unlimited
- Primary productivity I and II Unlimited
- Biogeochemical cycles Unlimited
- Limiting factors and Redfield Unlimited
- Ecosystem experiments/geoengineering Unlimited
- Secondary productivity/food webs Unlimited
- Population growth Unlimited
- Chemostats/life tables Unlimited
- Competition and the niche Unlimited
- Predation/symbiosis/mutualism Unlimited
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