Environmental Ecology

3 credits · Graduate

The ecological effects of pollution, disturbance, and other stressors, both anthropogenic and natural. Major subject areas are air pollutants, toxic metals, acidification, eutrophication, oil spills, pesticides, forestry, warfare, urban ecology, risks to biodiversity, and resource degradation. The overarching context of the course is ecological sustainability of the human economy. PREREQUISITES: None CROSSLISTED: BIOL 3060.03