Water Resources Directory/Education/Planning/Ecology

Model Curriculum, Core Course #4:

 Ecology for Water Resources Planning  

Learning Objectives:
* To attain a conceptual understanding of the principles of ecology. * To gain an increased self-confidence in one's personal ability regarding ecology as a science. * To gain an ability to critically analyze a problem or issue from an ecological perspective. * Understand the role of ecological knowledge in determining environmental consequences of human activities. * To recognize the complexity and interrelated nature of ecology relative to other sciences. * To develop an understanding of the ecosystem concept, ecosystem services, ecosystem management, and adaptive management.

Subject Areas

 * organization of the natural world
 * ecol. of organisms-temp & water
 * energy & nutrient relations
 * population distribution & abundance
 * population dynamics
 * population growth models
 * interactions - competition, niches, disease
 * interactions - mutualism, predation
 * community ecology
 * food webs, nutrient cycling
 * ecosystems
 * large-scale ecological phenomena
 * ecosystem management
 * adaptive management
 * sustainability, economics, social/legal/political framework

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