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General Sites for Ecology
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Calculate
Your Ecological Footprint
How big is your ecological footprint? Complete the questionnaire
to determine your impact on the planet!
EarthTrends:
Information Portal
A subsite of the World Resource Institute, the pages of EarthTrends
contains substantial information on various ecosystems, climate and
population data, energy, agriculture and biodiversity.
Introduction
to Biogeography and Ecology
An introduction to many aspects of ecology such as abiotic
and biotic factors, species distribution, ecological niche, succession,
biomes, food chains, trophic levels, food webs, nutrient cycles.
Ken's
Bio-Web References
This site contains links to other sites. Links are organised
under topics such as adaptations, food webs, ecosystems, biomes,
and ecological concerns.
NatureWorks
An excellent website containing a range of ecological issues
including: ecosystems, marine, freshwater and terrestrial communities,
population dynamics, plus much more.
eNature
eNature.com provides a wide range of information from a very
nicely presented site. Field guides, species lists, expert advice,
and ackyard wildlife are some of the options.
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Bright
Edges of the World
An electronic exhibit about the world's drylands: what they
are and their importance to the lives of people everywhere.
Canada's
Aquatic Environments
This Canadian site, allows you to learn more about the various
animals and plants in their different environments. Also includes
a section on human interactions and current research.
Coral
Reef Ecology
This is a part of the Starfish website, showing information
on coral reef ecology, marine biology and the many animals which
inhabit these areas.
Desert
Biome
This site examines different types of deserts, what causes
them and contains a list of desert dwelling animals and plants with
a brief background description of each.
Freshwater
Ecosystems
A brief introduction to freshwater ecosystems.
Intertidal
Zones
This page includes information about tide pools, how they are formed and the different areas of the tidal zones.
Mangrove
WWW Sites
This site lists a selection of useful websites dealing with
mangrove ecosystems.
Marine
Sciences
This site provides marine educational links aimed from K-12
level. Learn about various marine ecosystems from mangroves to the
deep sea.
Mount St. Helens
The eruption of Mt St. Helens had a large effect on the environment, approximately 68,000 acres of trees damaged or destroyed. To monitor recovery a large part of the park was set aside for scientific study, and scientists have determined that the area has not followed the classic ecological theories about succession.
On-line
Expeditions
The University of Delaware hosts this site which contains
articles and information on a range of exploratory deep sea diving
missions, conducted by the scientists of that institution.
Racerocks.com Educational Index
A virtual exploration of a marine ecosystem, where you'll find plenty of activities exploring a wide range of ecological concepts.
Vegetation
map checklist
From here you can select your country of interest to obtain
current maps showing distributions of different vegetation types.
What
is an Ecosystem?
What is a Biome? What is an Ecosystem? How have humans affected
the ecosystems? These are some of the questions discussed on this
Thinkquest webpage.
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Amphibian
Monitoring Program
Frogs and other amphibians are vanishing and no one knows
why. Take a look at the various monitoring programs under way
to determine the decline in frogs and salamanders.
Environmental
Protection Agency
An Australian website (Queensland). Explore a range of issues
such as monitoring waste, air and water. As well as coastal and wildlife
conservation. There are many pdf leaflets available for download.
Remote
Sensing and Monitoring
This site looks at how and why using satellites images are
important in detecting changes in land conditions over time.
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Populations
and Communities |
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- Communities
- This website provides lecture notes on communities, includes niche concept,
species interactions (mutualism, commensalism, competition, predation,
parasitism), community stability and change.
- Competition
- A look at intra- and interspecific competition used by
plants for obtaining water, and for root distribution.
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Squared
- An experiment involving the explosive growth and demise
of a mouse population. Starting with four pairs of mice, the population
increased with some interesting results.
- Gap Dynamics
- This website provides information on Gap Dynamics. Gap size, rotation interval, causes and closure are all discussed.
- Interactions: Biotic Factors
- Created to support lecture notes from the ECSU this page provides descriptions and examples of interactions between plants, mutualism, parasitism, commensalism, and allelopathy.
- Intraspecific
Relations: Cooperation and Competition
- A look at Intraspecific interactions, including reproductive
strategies, cooperation, competition, and defence mechanisms.
- Population
Ecology
- Part of the Online Biology Book. With the good use of diagrams
this website introduces us to what ecology is, population growth
and factors influencing population growth.
- Population
Growth and Balance
- An online lesson on population ecology based around the
mathematical models of several population types.
- Quantitative
Population Ecology
- On line lectures from Virginia Tech. This website looks
at what population ecology is, estimating populations size and
density, statistical analysis of population dynamics, exponential
and logistic growth, life tables, and more.
- Sirtrack
- tracking and telemetry for wildlife Research
- Covers some of the technology for radiotracking of wildlife.
Gives a good idea of the sort of technology available for obtaining
data from live populations.
- Tree Regeneration and Growth in Gaps
- There are currently 23 research projects underway at the ICH forest of Date Creek, this is one of them and discusses Tree Regeneration and Growth in Gaps.
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Energy
Flows and Nutrient Cycles |
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- Energy and Food webs
- Food chains and food webs show the flow of energy through an ecosystem. Food chains are linear depictions of energy flow, while food webs show the multiple interactions among the different types of organisms.
- Bioaccumulation
- Learn about bioaccumulation and the process of bioaccumulation
in a typical food chain.
- Human
Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle
- The nitrogen cycle and the impact human activity has had
on the global nitrogen cycle, its causes and the consequences.
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- Nitrogen:
The Essential Element
- This site, part of the Pesticide Management Education Program
at Cornell University, deals with the use of nitrogen as a fertiliser
and the fate of nitrogen in the environment.
- The
Carbon Cycle
- Part of jkimball's website. Easy to read and with the use of graphic explains the carbon cycle. Also has a table of estimated major stores of carbon on the earth
- The
Nitrogen Cycle
- Part of jkimball's website. This page examines the nitrogen
cycle and its interaction with the ecosystem. Also briefly looks
at how human activities have altered the nitrogen cycle.
- The
Water Cycle
- Provided by the USGS, this webpage illustrates the Water Cycle and discusses the ideas behind the diagram.
- Food Webs and Energy Flow
- Part of jkimballs website, this page discusses through detailed writing and diagrams concepts such as Food Webs, Energyflow through food chains, The Pyramid of Energy and more.
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- Atmospheric and ocean circulation
- Well organised coverage of the earth's atmospheric and ocean circulation patterns and their effects of glocal weather.
- Consequences of Rotation for Weather
- Clear and accurate explanation of the Coriolis effect and its consequences for weather patterns on Earth.
- Earth science for schools
- An excellent site pitched at middle high school level and covering the basic concepts in Earth science: Earth's structure, plate tectonics, the rock cycle, fossil fuels, volcanoes and earthquakes and the atmosphere.
- Interactive Rock cycle animation
- Straightforward, clear animation with embedded visualisations to make understanding the rock cycle easy.
- Rocks and Soils
- Comprehenive summary of rock types and rockand soil chemistry and composition.
- The Rock Cycle
- Types of rocks and their interrelationship through the rock cycle.
- The Thermohaline Ocean Circulation
- THC and the potential effects of global warming on global circulation patterns.
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- The USGS and Science Education
- Comprehensive site aimed at K-12 and featuring a wide range of resources for teaching and learning earth sciences.
- US Geoligical Survey
- Comprehensive site relating to the geology and climate for the USA.
- Volcanoes: How they work
- Educational resource explaining the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes.
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