Notes are available for selected lectures below.
| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: what is ecology? | (PDF) |
| 3 | How to be alive/thermodynamics of life |
Redox handout (PDF) Photosynthesis handout (PDF) |
| 4 | CI lecture: getting started with the term project | (PDF) (Courtesy of Harlan Breindel. Used with permission.) |
| 5-6 | Primary productivity I and II | (PDF) |
| 7 | Biogeochemical cycles | (PDF) |
| 10 | Limiting factors and Redfield | (PDF) |
| 11 | Ecosystem experiments/geoengineering | (PDF) |
| 12 | Secondary productivity/food webs | (PDF) |
| 13 | Population growth |
Introduction (PDF) Slides (PDF) |
| 14 | Chemostats/life tables |
(PDF) Chemostat handout (PDF) |
| 17 | Competition and the niche | (PDF) |
| 18 | Predation/symbiosis/mutualism | (PDF) |