Lecture 6 |
October 15, 2009 |
Brief outline of the day:
- Photosynthesis
- overall process
- energy
- carbon
- Community structure
- multiple species in each trophic level - biodiversity
- energy and mass "pyramids"
- Announcments: mini-quiz #1 due Friday at mid-night
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Lecture Notes: |
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Photosynthesis
overall process
energy
carbon
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see the Encyclopedia of Earth reading assignment |
efficiency
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co-flow type models
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see other examples in Chapter 5 |
Community structure
multiple species at each trophic level
competition
predator-prey
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organism-organism interactions lead to more opportunities for interactions
more organisms - more "niches"
network
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energy and biomass "pyramid"
steady-state /
size of stock * rate/stock
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