Ecology (1-3)

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Reductionist

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method of understanding ecological patterns and processces using mechanisms and causal processes. Ie. cat. grow faster on N rich leaves

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Holistic

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determine boundaries of the system needed to understand the outcome of ecological interactions in the real world.

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zoom lens ecology

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focus in for mech, zoom out for context.

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ecological forecasting

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acknowledge uncertainty and context dependency.

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tools for dealing with ecological variablity:

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1-replicates
2-controls
3-stats

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Replicates

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separate, indpt units of study that are treated identically by ecologists, in order to assess variablity that arises from factors not manipulated.

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controls

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provide baseline for comparison

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Macan's Filter

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a species can be excluded from a certain habitat by:
1-dispersal (not arrived, cant't persist)
2-Behavior (avoids habitat, can't persist)
3-abiotic factors
4-biotic interactions

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propagule

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dispersing unit capable of establishing a new population

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Condition

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abiotic environmental factor that varies in space and time and affects the performance of the organism.

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Resource

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all things consumed by organisms

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Adiabatic Cooling

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rising air expands in volume, losing temp. If it cools below dew point, air will precipitate.

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Dew Point

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temp at which air is saturated, any lower and there will be precipitation.

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Global Climate Patterns

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wet tropics at equator
deserts at 30 N &S
Temperate rainforests @ 60 N&S
antarctic and arctic deserts

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Coriolis Effect

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equator is traveling faster than the rest of the earth, as you go N>>obj veers right and south>>>obj veers left

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Eutrophic

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river, lake, estuary. nutrient rich>>can produce toxic algal blooms

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Mesotrophic

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intermediate nutrient concentrations

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Oligotrophic

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low quantity of nutrient concentrations. very clear water, good for people.

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parts of river

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1-headwater
2-meandering middle reaches
3-lowland flood plains

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Headwater

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woody debris, forest cover

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Meandering Middle reaches

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clean gravel beds, hyporheic habitat, undercut rooted bank veg, off river hab,

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Lowland floodplain river

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marshes or forests, off channel water bodies

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hyporheic

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The area below the streambed where water percolates through spaces between the rocks and cobbles (Interstitial Space).

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estuary

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where rivers empty into oceans

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tidal prism

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wedge of fresh water overlies denser salt water

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eurysaline

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wide tolerance to salt

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osmoregulation

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ability to regulate salinity

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plankton

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passive drifters

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nekton

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active swimmers

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neritic

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nearshore subtidal

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benthic

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life on the substrate of sea, river lake.

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Pelagic

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offshore, beyond continental shelf