BIO 7 Environmental Biology and Conservation Summer 2002

 Dr. Richard Beckwitt

I will be available at least one half hour before and after class.

Phone: 508-626-4791, e-mail: rbeckwi@frc.mass.edu

Course web-page: http://www.frc.mass.edu/rbeckwi/EnvBioCons.html

 Lecture Schedule

Date	Topics	Chapters
May 23	Introduction, population ecology	RB:1-3, 8
May 28	Community ecology	RB:5
May 30	Systems ecology and evolution	RB:4, 6-7
June 4	Human ecology and demographics, First exam	RB:8-9
June 6	Food, soils, pesticides	RB:14, 18, 22
June 11	Land use biodiversity extinction	RB:16-17
June 13	Energy and the environment, Second Exam	RB:10-12
June 18	Air pollution, ozone holes and greenhouse	RB:19-20
June 20	Water and water pollution	RB:13, 21
June 25	Solid wastes, toxic wastes	RB:23-24
June 27	Final Exam

Text for the course:

RB = Raven and Berg, 2001, Environment, 3^rd Ed. (Textbook web site)

Abstracts: 10 points each. Due: May 30, June 6, June 13, June 20, June 25.

Term paper: 50 points. Draft due: June 13, final paper due: June 27

Links to many Environmental Science Journals

National Council for Science and the Environment