THE ECOLOGY PAGE


Biodiversity
What is biodiversity?
Biodiversity Hotspots
Biodiversity: The 6th great wave; BBC
Biodiversity-  Museum of Natural History, NY
Biogeochemical Cycles
Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Phosphorus Cycle
Water Cycle
Biomes
Aquatic
Terrestrial
Comparison of Primary Productivity
Ecological Pyramids
Pyramids & explanation
Energy Pyramid;
Numbers Pyramid
Biomass Pyramid
Ecosystems
Arctic Coastal Plain
Everglades
Sonoran Desert

Game:
Who lives here? (requires Shockwave)



Endangered Species
       
Endangered Species of:
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Laws-
protecting endangered species
Red List
of endangered species
WWF


Bagheera- a website for endangered species
Endangered species tour

Webquest

Energy
What is Energy?
Forms of Energy
Energy Rules
Energy Flow through Ecosystems


Activity:
Determine Energy Needs of Animals


Food Chains  and Webs
Facts about food chains

Food chains:
Deciduous Forest

Desert
Coniferous Forest
Temperate Rain Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
Tundra

Interactive Sites
:  
Chain Reaction-
Fun with food webs

Food Webs:

African food web
Australian food web
Antarctic food web
Marine food web
Interactions
National Geographic: Japanese Hornets / Bees

Populations
Carrying capacity
Earth's carrying capacity
Growth Curve- logistic

Human pop growth Human population growth- comparison of different years

Populations- includes: distributions, growth curves
Population Growth and Balance
Survivorship curves
US Pop Clock
World in the Balance- Nova interactive site about forces that change populations
World Pop Clock
World population growth
Reproductive strategies:
r and K selected
Diagram- comparing r and k strageties
Table- comparing r and k strategies
Succession
Explanation of succession
Explanation & good photos


Photos:
Primary succession-1- lava
Primary succession-2- glacier
Secondary succession
28yr succession of field

Diagram/Photo of:
dune succession
lake succession
lake, bog, meadow
pasture succession


Additional links:
Ecosystems and Human Influence- Includes index of diversity as  well as many ecological concepts (on one page!)
 



 

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