Tag

#ecology

170 materials

2

Ecology: Biology of Interactions. Appendix I. Ecology Course Program (=«Bioecology»)

{ "title": "", "summary": "", "body": "The exam tickets for the ecology course (= \"bioecology\") adopted at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University feature formulations corresponding to the main part of this program. The tests may also use questions related to …

Дмитро Шабанов Lecture
9

Ecology: Biology of Interactions. II-09. Biogeochemical Cycle of Phosphorus

The phosphorus cycle is much less regulated than the just-considered carbon and nitrogen cycles because phosphorus lacks an exchange reservoir in the atmosphere. Phosphorus is the primary element that controls the productivity of aquatic communities. In the experiment with pond …

Дмитро Шабанов Lecture
10

Ecology: the biology of interaction. II-08. Biogeochemical cycle of Sulfur

Sulfur — a relatively abundant (fifteenth by chemical abundance) element in the Earth's crust, occurring in various oxidation states. It is a necessary component of proteins (0.8-2.4%), entering into their composition in the form of sulfhydryl groups (-SH) and disulfide …

Дмитро Шабанов Lecture
13

Ecology: Biology of Interactions. II-05. Energy Sources for Biogeochemical Cycles

Movement of elements in the biosphere is maintained by three main energy sources (“drive belts” of biogeochemical cycles): solar energy transformed by hydrosphere and atmosphere in the hydrological cycle; solar energy stored in organic matter by photosynthesis; and chthonic (internal …

Дмитро Шабанов Lecture
14

Ecology: biology of interaction. II-04. Biogeochemical cycles

Biogeochemical cycle (BGC-cycle) refers to a relatively closed set of pathways for the transformation and movement of substances through living organisms and their environment. Biogeochemical cycles are called this because both biological and geochemical processes are involved in their functioning. …

Дмитро Шабанов Lecture
15

Ecology: biology of interaction. II-03. Gaia hypothesis (metaphor)

In 1972, James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis proposed the so-called «Gaia hypothesis» — the conception of Earth as a superorganism that maintains its homeostasis. As Lovelock later indicated, he and Margulis independently arrived at ideas previously expressed by James Hutton …

Дмитро Шабанов Lecture
18

Ecology: Biology of Interaction. I-11. (Supplement) The Scientific Method

The operation of the hypothetico-deductive model of scientific cognition can be described by the following algorithm: 1. Search for inconsistencies in the application of the scientific system of concepts (the model of reality constructed by science) to explain available data; …

Дмитро Шабанов Lecture