Some additional reading on Ecology (Module 2)
Ecosystems
- an introduction to terms and concepts
How Much Energy Does It Take to Keep a Wolf Happy?
- a short problem to help you understand energy flow through food chains
Moose and Wolves on Isle Royale
- Actual data to compare with your simulated data
What is Entropy?
- Explanations for mature adults
Lynx reintroduction in Colorado
- Applying your BIOL 198 lessons in the real world
Biomes
- The World's Biomes
Symbioses
: A site with some fascinating information about various organisms and their symbiotic relationships with bacteria!
Weird parasite biology!
Read about how a parasitic worm in Australia zombifies its host (a grasshopper) and makes it commit suicide by drowning!
More parasite evolutionary biology
- Why are human bodies almost hairless, when our closest relatives are pretty furry?
The Ecotron
- Read about this experimental design, which is used to study the dynamics of soil microorganism and microarthropod communities
US and World Population Clocks
and other data - from the US Census Bureau
Biodiversity and its Value
- From Australia, but the ideas and concepts are globally relevant
Biodiversity: Why It Matters
- An article by Peter Raven, Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Committee on Recently Extinct Organisms
- A resource for finding out about all those organisms that have gone extinct in recent times, mostly due to the direct or indirect actions of humans.
Scientific American: Mapping Mercury
- Hot-spot unknowns complicate mercury regulations
Eutrophication research at the University of Manitoba's
Experimental Lakes Area
.
Photos of freshwater organisms
- to help you identify those critters you see in the microscope during class 4 of this module
Harmful Algae and Red Tides
- Lots of information on this growing problem, from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Lots more pictures of, and information about, aquatic organisms can be found at
The Smallest Page On The Web
, a microscopy website from the UK.
