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Ecosystem Ecology
BIOL 5490 (3h)
This lecture course examines the biological, physical, and chemical factors that control cycling of elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus within terrestrial ecosystems. Elemental cycles are a critical component of ecosystem function and vital to the stability of ecosystem processes. Topics include the climate system, energy and water balance, carbon and nutrient cycling, plant and ecosystem production, soils and decomposition, trophic relations, fire ecology, land use change, and global biogeochemical cycles.
Pre-requisites: BIOL 2010, CHEM 2310, MATH 1210 or 1170
Co-requisites: PHYCS 2010, 2110, or 2210
(next taught fall 2008)
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Biophysical Ecology (
BIOL/METEO/GEO 5495 (4h)
This lecture and lab course examines the physical environment (light, wind, temperature, humidity) in which plants, animals, and soil organisms live, how the physical environment affects their physiological function, and how organisms in turn affect their physical environment. The course focuses on theory and methods relevant to examination of biological and ecological processes. Topics include radiative, heat, and energy balance of plants, animals, soils, and ecosystems, evaporation, transpiration, water transport through plants and soils, gas transport from leaves and through soils, boundary-layer phenomena, atmospheric structure and stability, atmospheric composition, and atmospheric transport of biological trace gases. The lab portion focuses on instrumentation and methods used to investigate topics covered in the lecture, as well as programming and data analysis in Matlab.
Pre-requisites (very important): MATH 1220, PHYCS 2010, 2110, or 2210, CHEM 1220, BIOL 2010
(next taught fall 2009, probably)
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Stable Isotope Ecology
BIOL 6473 (lecture, 3h) 6475 (lab, 2h)
This intensive lecture and laboratory course treats the theory and practice of analyzing stable isotopes at natural abundance levels to address questions of ecological and environmental interest. The course is taught during two weeks in June each year by 8-10 scientists from the University of Utah and other academic institutions. Instructors and students come from all over the world. Enrollment is limited, and applications are accepted through mid-February. More information is available here.
(taught in June every summer)
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