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EXAMPLE LECTURE
SYLLABUS |
ECOLOGY |
| BIOLOGY 30403, Section 010, Fall |
Coordinator:
Dr. John Horner |
LECTURE |
LECTURE TOPIC | LECTURER |
1 |
COURSE INTRODUCTION | Kroh |
| CONCEPTS AND PRICIPLES
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2 |
Applied, Basic, and Evolutionary Approaches to Ecology | Horner |
3 |
Acquisition and Utilization of Resources | Horner |
4 |
Species Interactions: Competition and Exploitation | Horner |
5 |
Species Interactions: Mutualism and Commensalism | Horner |
6 |
LABOR DAY | Horner |
7 |
Community Structure and Food Webs | Horner |
8 |
Processes Shaping Communities | Horner |
9 |
Primary Productivity and Energy Flow | Horner |
10 |
Nutrient Cycling | Horner |
11 |
Landscape and Global Ecology | Horner |
12 |
EXAM I | |
POPULATION BIOLOGY
AND EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY |
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13 |
What is a Population? Life Tables | Ferguson |
14 |
Survivorship and Population Growth | Ferguson |
15 |
Intra-specific Competition, Density, Distribution, and Social Structure | Ferguson |
16 |
Evolution of Social Behavior | Ferguson |
17 |
Evolution of Social Behavior | Ferguson |
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Review | Ferguson |
19 |
EXAM II | |
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS/ABIOTIC
FACTORS AND BIOMES |
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20 |
MID SEMESTER BREAK | |
21 |
Abiotic Factors: An Introduction | Kroh |
22 |
Abiotic Factors: The Global Placement of Biomes | Kroh |
23 |
Tundra and Boreal Forest | Kroh |
24 |
Temperate Deciduous Forest | Kroh |
25 |
Desert and Chaparral | Kroh |
26 |
Montane / Northwest Temperate Rain Forest | Kroh |
27 |
Tropical Forests and Savanna | Kroh |
28 |
Human Activities and the Future of Planet Earth | Kroh |
29 |
EXAM III | |
MARINE
ECOLOGY |
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30 |
Marine Ecosystems and the Rest of the World | Britton |
31 |
Marine Environments: Physical Dynamics | Britton |
32 |
Marine Communities: A Brief Survey, I. | Britton |
33 |
Marine Communities: A Brief Survey, II. | Britton |
34 |
Complex Interactions: Plankton and the Carbon Cycle | Britton |
35 |
Complex Interactions: Coral Reefs | Britton |
36 |
Minimizing Competition from Whales to Snails | Britton |
37 |
Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems | Britton |
38 |
EXAM IV | |
FRESH WATER ECOLOGY |
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39 |
Lake Food Chains, Water Quality, and the Problem of Eutrophication | Drenner |
40 |
Can We Use Biomanipulation to Improve Water Quality? | Drenner |
| THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY | Drenner |
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| 41 |
Fisheries Biologists and Controversies about Management of Largemouth Bass | Drenner |
42 |
Riverine Systems and Pacific Salmon | Drenner |
43 |
Acid Rain and Fishless Lakes | Drenner |
44 |
Agriculture, Pesticides and the Fate of the National Bird | Drenner |
45 |
EXAM V | |
| COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM |