What is ecology and why is it important to our understanding of the world around us? This free course, Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems, looks at how we can study ecosystems to explore the effect that humans are having on the environment.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 The science of ecology
- 1 The science of ecology
- 2 Ecosystems
- 2 Ecosystems
- 2.1 Where to start?
- 2.2 An example ecosystem: the rockpool
- 2.3 Black smokers
- 3 Making notes
- 3 Making notes
- 4 Identification and naming
- 4 Identification and naming
- 5 Interrelationships
- 5 Interrelationships
- 6 Mapping interrelationships
- 6 Mapping interrelationships
- 7 Ecological health
- 7 Ecological health
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
