ENV 101
Wednesday 21 February
Species – Populations –
Biomes – And Biodiversity
·
Oral
Presentation?
·
January
Term 2008 Trips tonight 7pm in Lawson
·
EAT
retreat March 3-4
·
First
Exam on Monday – Look at Template
·
Ethics
– how environmental ethics have been clarified
·
The
Arts – how Environmental history can be revealed by a review of past and
current visual, textual and tactile art
·
Matter
and Life – elements, cycles and energy exchange
·
Species
– from populations through to the planet
·
Biodiversity
– the energy webs
ETHICS >> SCIENCE >> POLICY
Biotic Potential
v. Carrying Capacity
ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION SITE and
SAND COUNTY ALMANAC
Food Chains and Food Webs - Linear v. Nonlinear
Mutualism >>> Commensalism >>>
Predation >>> Competition (Intra or Inter)
lichen/fungi orchid/tree herb/carniv/parasitism
Polaris, ANWR and Forest Issues:
Biomes
– and complexity
o
Intra and Inter Biome
o
Intra and Inter Species
o
Chain v. Web Issues
INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPECIES…and their actions
BIOMES
- similar terrestrial ecosystems spread out over the planet. PowerMap
Chaparral
Mediterranean
Tropical rain
forest
Tropical deciduous
forest
Temperate
Deciduous and Coniferous Forest
Tropical savanna
woodlands
Tropical woodland
and thornscrub
Montane
Communities
Tundra
Desert and
semi-arid communities
Boreal Coniferous
Forest
Mediterranean
Scrub and Woodland Hardwood - Conifers
Temperate Grassland
Cold Deserts and
Glaciers
(Biased – this is
ONLY the land biome list)
http://www.worldbiomes.com/biomes_aquatic.htm
Littoral Zones
Freshwater
Estuaries
Marine
Species and Hot
Spots
http://www.eco-online.qld.edu.au/novascotia/whatsbio/types.html
II. Forest Environments
Wilderness and Tundra
Cold, Treeless, Permafrost, HIGH ENERGY VARIANTS
Permafrost
Powering
Up In June
Wilderness and Tropical Forests
Lowland Forest versus Upland Forest
Lowland Forests = Closed and
Open
Closed – Tropical Rain and
Tropical Moist Forests
Open – Tropical Dry Forests
and Tree Plantations
Upland – Unclassified
Forests - Clouds
Food Chains and Food Webs - Linear v. Nonlinear
and Antarctica
Antarctic Ocean Food
Web and GAIA!?!?!?
http://zooplankton.lsu.edu/web_2008/energy_flow_web/energy_flow.htm
Biological
Communities
Evolution
….or Intelligent Design
WE
WILL TALK ABOUT EVOLUTION HERE –
But
consider…page 53 Galapagos Island Finches and wood warblers
And
page 115 – Exotic/Invasive Species
Evolutions
– adapt, natural selection, habitat and niche in it
Species
Interacting – Predation, Competition, Symbiosis (commensalisms, mutualism),
Defensive, (Mimicry)
· Productivity
· Diversity = # of species in Community v Abundance of
individual population
· Complexity = Number/trophic
level
· Resilience = K
Or R populated
· Stability = dN/dt = rN biotic potential J…..vs S curve due
to enviro resistance
· Structure = Patterns of
Organization
Communities in Transition
ENERGY and
trophic level transfers – delicate, complex, inefficient balance (but
“natural” & never “Wasted/Lost”)
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9o.html
ANWR – &
Tundra/Permafrost Natural impacts…and Human impacts
ANWR
Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge
§ What are some of the species
(besides humans) that are part of ANWR?
§ What is “ten-oh-two” (or
Section 1002)?
§ What are some of the other
media (water, soil, air) issues that are part of the ANWR story?
§ Who are some of the actors
(groups, individuals) involved in the determining what happens in ANWR?
Carbiou
Calving Areas
ISSUES &
Actors IN ANWR
Let’s HIPPO ANWR…..
Gap Analysis
http://gapanalysis.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=202&PageID=0&cached=true&mode=2&userID=2
Other ANWR Caribou information