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Ecosystem Dynamics

Interactions between organisms and their environment, nutrient flow, population ecology, species interactions, succession, biodiversity and conservation.

23lessons

3quizzes

6–8hrs study

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Lessons

Introduction to Ecosystems

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Autotrophs, Heterotrophs and Saprotrophs

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Food Chains and Food Webs

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Trophic Levels and Energy Transfer

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Ecological Pyramids, Numbers, Biomass and Energy

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Checkpoint Quiz 1, Lessons 1-5: Ecosystem Structure and Energy Flow

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Abiotic Factors, The Physical and Chemical Environment

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Population Growth

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Interspecific and Intraspecific Competition

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Symbiotic Relationships

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Ecological Sampling, Quadrats, Transects and Mark-Recapture

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Comparing Ecosystems, Abiotic and Biotic Differences

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Abiotic and Biotic Factors Synthesis, Predicting Distribution

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Checkpoint Quiz 2, Lessons 6-12: Abiotic Factors, Populations and Distribution

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Predation and Herbivory, Population Structure and Ecosystem Effects

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Keystone Species, Introduced Species and Ecological Disruption

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Ecological Succession, Primary, Secondary and Climax Communities

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Biodiversity, Measurement, Importance and Ecosystem Stability

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Recent Extinction Events

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Evidence from the Geological Record

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Checkpoint Quiz 3, Lessons 13-18: Species Interactions, Change and Biodiversity

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Evolution Through Deep Time

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Reasons for Past-Ecosystem Change

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Human Impacts, Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, Pollution and Introduced Species

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Conservation, Strategies, Ethics and Australian Case Studies

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Predicting & Restoring Future Ecosystems

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Module Summary Quiz, Ecosystem Dynamics

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Module Snapshot

23lessons

3checkpoints

90MC questions

6–8hstudy time

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