Ecology: Concepts and Applications notes

Includes lecture two notes as well as week two reading

This document is a summary of the course ecology. It describes and explains the following subjects: the individual, populations, species interaction, communities, ecosystems and landscape ecology.

Includes reading notes from the first chapter as well as in lecture notes

This document is a summary of the course ecology. It describes and explains the following subjects: the individual, populations, species interaction, communities, ecosystems and landscape ecology.

Includes lecture two notes as well as week two reading

Includes reading notes from the first chapter as well as in lecture notes

Explores the aspects of climate, insolation, solar energy, solar constant, solar radiation, surface heating, atmospheric heating, the greenhouse effect, global warming, uneven warming, axial tilt, the solstices, sun's path, seasonality, climate diagrams, biomes, and rain shadows.

Explores the hydrologic cycle, the turnover rates, oceans, physical zones of oceans, physical conditions of oceans, ocean currents, ocean chemistry, dissolved oxygen concentrations, ocean biota, kelp forests, coral reefs, intertidal zones, estuaries, salt marshes, mangrove forests, fresh water, lakes, thermal stratification, temperate zone lakes, and tropical lakes.