BISC 120Lg Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intertidal Zone, Littoral Zone, Antarctic Circle
19 Jan 2016
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Chapter 52-56 ecology and biosphere: ecology is the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and, these interactions determine distribution of organisms and their the environment abundance, ecology reveals the richness of the biosphere. The scope of ecological research: ecologists work at levels ranging from individual organisms to the planet, biosphere = global ecosystem = the sum of all the planet"s ecosystems. Population ecology focuses on factors affecting population size over time: organismal ecology studies how an organism"s structure, physiology, and behavior meet environmental challenges, cosmecology = the science that considers the earth in its relation to cosmic phenomena. Ecology and environmental issues: ecologists make distinction between science and advocacy, rachel carson is credited with starting the modern environmental movement with the publication of silent spring in 1962. 5 oceans: harbor amazing richness of different species, comprise the largest biome on earth.
