11:216:352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Countercurrent Exchange, Photic Zone, Sulfur

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
• Course: 11:216:352
• Professor: H.John- Alder

Document Summary

Hello, did anyone get their hands on old exams or anything like that? please share. Concept 1. 1: events in the natural world are interconnected. Concept 1. 2: ecology: scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environment; how organisms affect and are affected by other organisms and their surroundings. Concept 1. 3: ecologists evaluate competing hypotheses about natural systems with observations, experiments, and models molecules > organelles > cells > tissue > organs > organ systems > organisms > populations > community > ecosystem > biosphere. Humans have a huge impact on the planet important to understand how natural systems work. Examples of human domination of the environment. Acidification, nutrient enrichment, deoxygenation of water invasive species, extinction. Anthropocene: term for the proposed epoch that began when human activities had a significant global impact on the earth"s ecosystems. Amphibian deformities due to pesticides immune malfunction limb deformities.