- Lecture schedules and reading assignments are subject to changes. Further changes will be notified during the class, and also be posted on the course web page.
Date |
Lecture Topics |
Readings |
Reader# |
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I. INTRODUCTION |
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| (Tue) Jan. 15 | Why Ecosystems? | *Odum, E.P. *Colinvaux, P. |
1 |
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| (Thu) Jan. 17 | Atmospheric Circulation Patterns & the Distribution of Life | *Walter, H. *Hall (Introduction & Chapter 10: Mclanahan) |
4 |
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| (Tue) Jan 22 | Tour of Major Global Biomes I - Tropical |
*Colinvaux, P. | 2, 3 |
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| (Thu) Jan 24 | Tour of Major Global Biomes II - Temperate |
*Gosz, J.R., et al. *Whittaker, R. |
5 |
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| (Tue) Jan 29 | Tour of Major Global Biomes III - Boreal and Tundra |
*Hall (Chapter 6: Kemp et al.) | T1 |
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| (Thu) Jan 31 | Tour of Major Global Biomes IV - Lakes |
*LeBrassuer, R.J., et al. | 24 |
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II. ENERGETICS AND NUTRIENT FLOWS |
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| (Tue) Feb 5 | Energetics & Thermodynamics - An Overview |
*Hall, C.A.S., et al. (Chapter 1) *Hagen, J.B. |
7 |
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| (Thu) Feb 7 | Energetics and Individual Organisms | *Hall (Chapter 9: Hall) #Odum, H.T. #Teal, J.M. #Smith, J.J. & H.W. Li |
T1 |
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| (Tue) Feb 12 | Energetics and Ecosystems and Measurement of Primary Production |
*Hall, C.A.S. & R. Moll #Houghton, R.A. & G.M. Goodwell #Whittaker, R.H. & P.L. Marks |
15 |
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| (Thu) Feb 14 | Trophic Relations ESSAY HOMEWORK DUE |
*Hagen, J.B. *Lindeman, R.L. *Kozlovsky, D.G. |
8 |
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| (Tue) Feb 19 | Nutrient Cycles I - An Overview |
*Whittaker, R. *Bormann, F.H., et al. #Post, W.M., et al. |
19 |
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| (Thu) Feb 21 | Nutrient Cycles II - in Aquatic Ecosystems |
*Elmgren, R. *Shindler, D.W. *Pastor, et al. |
22 |
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| (Tue) Feb 26 | Nutrient Cycles III - in Terrestrial Ecosystems |
*Aber, J.D. & J.M. Melillo *Waring & Schlesinger |
26 |
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| (Thu) Feb 28 | Global Carbon Cycle | *Woodwell, G.M. *Detwiler, R.P.& C.A.S. Hall |
27 |
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| (Thu) Feb 28 | PRE-EXAM REVIEW SESSION (attendance not required) Time: TBA | - | - | |
| (Tue) Mar 5 | MIDTERM EXAM | - | - | |
| (Thu) Mar 7 | REVIEW EXAM | *Hall (Chapter 28: Odum) | T1 |
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| Mar 11 – 15 | SPRING BREAK – NO CLASSES. DRIVE CAREFULLY!!! | - | - |
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| (Tue) Mar 19 | Global Climate Change Guest Lecturer: Neil Pederson, PhD candidate, Columbia Univ. |
*Loehle *Solomon |
^H3 |
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III. ECOSYTEMS OF THE WORLD |
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| (Thu) Mar 21 | Blue Water Ecosystems I | *Pomeroy, L.R. *Redfield, A.C. *Hamner, W.M., et al. *Hall (Chapter 8: Welsh) or Hall(Chapter 14:Campbell) #Parsons, T.R. |
29 |
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| (Tue) Mar 26 | Estuaries I - An Overview |
*Day, J.W., C.A.S. Hall, et al. (Chapter 1,2, &3) |
T3 |
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| (Thu) Mar 28 | Estuaries II - Productivity and Nutrient Cycles |
(For Mar 28 & Apr 2,) *Day, J.W., C.A.S. Hall, et al. (any three chapters of your choice) |
T3 |
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| (Tue) Apr 2 | Estuaries III -Detritus and Fisheries |
(same as above) | - |
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| (Thu) Apr 4 | Estuaries IV - Estuarine Ecosystems and Human |
*Day, J.W., C.A.S. Hall, et al. (any one chapter about management of estuaries) |
T3 |
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| (Tue) Apr 9 | Estuaries V | |||
| (Thu) Apr 11 | Tropical Forests I - An Overview |
*Park, C.C. *Whitmore, T.C. *Keller, M., et al. |
T2 |
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| (Tue) Apr 16 | Tropical Forest II - Luquillo NF, Puerto Rico ESSAY HOMEWORK 2 DUE |
*Janzen, D.H. *Hadley, M., & J.P.Lanly #Zinn, H. |
38 |
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| (Thu) Apr 18 | Tropical Forest III - Tropical Ecosystems and Human |
*Pandey, U., & J.S. Singh *Janzen, D.H. #Geertz, C. | 43 |
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| (Tue) Apr 23 | Tropical Forests IV Guest Lecturer: Dr. Ariel E. Lugo, Director, International Institute of Tropical Forestry |
*Lugo, A.E. *Hall, C.A.S., et al. (Chapter 6) *Olsen (Chapter 21) #Murphy, P.G., & A.E.Lugo |
37 |
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| (Thu) Apr 25 | Industrial Ecosystems I - General Principles |
*Hall, C.A.S., et al. (Chapter 2) *Hall (Chapter 22: Brown et al.) #Loomis, R. |
T5 |
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| (Tue) Apr 30 | Industrial Ecosystems II - Relations to Economics |
*Hall et al. *Ludwig, et al. #Wali, M.K. #Hall, C.A.S. |
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| TBA | DISCUSSION AND REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM | |||
| (Thu) May 9 | FINAL EXAM (10:15 - 12:15, at 313 Bray) | - |
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Remarks:
*Required Reading
#Optional reading for further depth
^H1: To be handed out in the class.
Hall, C.A.S., Lindenberger, D., Kummel, R., Kroeger, T., and Eichhorn, W. 2001. The need to reintegrate the natural sciences with economics. Bioscience 51(8):663-673.
^H2: Ludwig, D., R. Hilborn, and C. Walters. 1993. Uncertainty, Resource Exploitation, and Conervation: Lessons form History. Science 260:17, 36.
^H3: Loehle, C. 2000. Forest ecotone response to climate change: sensitivity to temperature response functional forms. Can. J. For. Res. 30: 1632-1645.
^H4: Solomon, A.M. 1986. Transient-response of forests to co2-induced climate change - simulation modeling experiments in eastern North America. Oecologia 68: 567-579.
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