Environmental Biology WF-OB-BS
Lectures on Environmental Biology
Orginof life on the Earth: Oparin and Crick theories, underwater black chimneys. The role of UV and oxygen. Oxygen revolution. Invasion of life to the land. Fermentation and oxygenation. Element and chemical composition of living organisms. Theory of catastrophes. Development of life: Archea - Prokaryotae – Fungi – Vegetales i Prokaryotae – Protozoa – Animalium (Acelomata, Protostomia, Deuterostomia). Ecosphere. Ecology as a natural science. Ecology versus nature protection. Individual – population – species. Competition. Intra and interspecies competition, sperm competition, reproductive effort, intrapopulation hierarchy. Biocenose. Interaction between populations (species): neutrality, competition, predation, parasitism, protocooperation, symbiose). Biocenose, its structure, matter cycling, energy flow. Biodiversity: definitions, measures, the role in ecosystem stability. Ecosystem, ecotone. Trophic net, trophic chain, trophic pyramid. Primary production and greenhouse effect. Elements cycles in the ecosphere: water, carbon, nitrogen.Ecological succession –fact or artefact. Theory of climax.
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Bibliography
Begon M., Harper J.L., Townsend C.R. 1996 – Ecology. Individuals, populations, and communities
– Blackwell Sci., Oxford
Krebs C.J. 1972 – Ecology: the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance – Harper &
Row, New York
Odum E.P. 1971 – Fundamentals of ecology – Philadelphia, Saunders
Pianka E.R. 1983 – Evolutionary ecology – Harper &Row, New York
Solomon E.P., Berg L.R., Martin D., Ville C.A. 1985 – Biology – Saunders College Publishing,
Philadelphia
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