The Study of Ecology

• Main Author: Miranda Dudzik
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: wetland; weather; water; tropical wet forest; thermocline; terrestrial influence; terrestrial environment; terrestrial biome; temperature; temperate grassland; temperate forest; subtropical desert; stream; spring turnover; source water; solar intensity; soil; sargassum; river; present climate change; predator; population ecology; pond; planktivore; photic zone; permafrost; pelagic realm; organismal ecology; oceanic zone; ocean upwelling; net primary productivity; neritic zone; mutualism; Milankovitch cycle; marine biome; lake; intertidal zone; interdisciplinary ecology; inorganic nutrient; industrial revolution; heterospecific; haze-effect cooling; greenhouse gas; greenhouse effect; global warming; global climate change; global climate; geological climate change; freshwater biome; fall turnover; fall and spring turnover; estuary; estuaries; energy source; endemic; emergent vegetation; ecosystem service; ecosystem ecology; ecosystem; ecology study; ecology; ecologist; ecological study; ecological research; cryptofauna; coral reef; conspecific; community ecology; climate change; climate; clathrate; chaparral; channel; canopy; boreal forest; biotic; biosphere; biome; biogeography; benthic realm; atmospheric carbon dioxide; arctic tundra; aquatic influence; aquatic environment; aquatic biome; aphotic zone; algal bloom; abyssal zone; aboveground biomass; abiotic; Arctic; Climate change; Global warming; Tundra
• Online Access: http://cnx.org/content/m47776/1.3

By the end of this section, you will be able to: Define ecology and the four levels of ecological research Describe examples of the ways in which ecology requires the integration of different scientific disciplines Distinguish between abiotic and biotic components of the environment Recognize the relationship between abiotic and biotic components of the environment