Unit 18: Ecology, Ecosystems, and Biosphere

Reading
OpenStax orange book: Ch. 19 and 20
BJU: Ch. 19 
​​OpenStax green book: Ch. 44 and 46 mainly

Topics

• Population size and density
• Population growth
• Energy and food webs
• Water cycle
• Oxygen and Carbon cycles
• Nitrogen cycle
• Phosphorus and sulfur cycles
• Biomes - terrestrial and aquatic
• Pollution and pollution-control

Labs (we will decide when we get here, based on the Covid situation)

• Fruitfly Behavior lab 
• HHMI Population Regulation in the Serengeti
• Various wastewater treatment/pollution control labs​

Homework
Will be posted