Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

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Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • What is ecology and why is it important to our understanding of the world around us? This free course, Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems, looks at how we can study ecosystems to ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 The science of ecology
    • 1 The science of ecology
    • 2 Ecosystems
    • 2 Ecosystems
    • 2.1 Where to start?
    • 2.2 An example ecosystem: the rockpool
    • 2.3 Black smokers
    • 3 Making notes
    • 3 Making notes
    • 4 Identification and naming
    • 4 Identification and naming
    • 5 Interrelationships
    • 5 Interrelationships
    • 6 Mapping interrelationships
    • 6 Mapping interrelationships
    • 7 Ecological health
    • 7 Ecological health
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements