BIOL 3060 Study Guide - Final Guide: River Ythan, Beforu (Album), Eutrophication

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL 3060
• Professor: John Fryxell

Document Summary

Food webs and dna barcoding to understand the structure of nature. Diversity is where the whole debate about stability began. Food web of the interactions in the nw atlantic based on cod: cod is in the centre, around it is detritus, seals, fish, food web ecology issue: there are many interactions. Food web structure: is the pattern of trophic interactions between species. One common way to understand food web structure is to look for repeating building blocks (modules or motifs: a building block may be three species in a chain. Tri-trophic module seen here: harbour seal