1.018J / 7.30J Fundamentals of Ecology, Fall 2003
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Chisholm, Sallie W.
Schaider, Laurel
Alternative Title
Fundamentals of Ecology
Date Issued
December 2003
Abstract
Basic subject in ecology: understanding the flow of energy and materials through ecosystems, and what regulates the distribution and abundance of organisms. Productivity and biogeochemical cycles in ecosystems; trophic dynamics; community structure and stability; competition and predation; evolution and natural selection; population growth; and physiological ecology. Emphasis on aquatic systems.
Subjects
ecosystems
productivity cycles
biogeochemical cycles
trophic dynamics
population growth
physiological ecology
aquatic systems
community structure
community stability
competition
predation
distribution
organisms
evolution
natural selection
energy flow
1.018J
7.30J
1.018
7.30
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
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