ZOO 571 Ecology & Pollution

Provide basic concepts of ecology of individuals, community & ecosystem ecology, effect of ecological factors & aquatic community, productivity & pollution

Course Outline

Ecology of individuals: Organisms limiting factors, Important abiotic factors,
Dispread population ecology, Structure and diversity, Biomass system population regulation, Interspecific competition
Community and ecosystem ecology, Zoogeography, Aquatic ecological zones, Ecosystem in Saudi Arabia
Effect of ecological factors on aquatic animals &their media
Aquatic community stratification
Productivity: Methods, Measurements, Primary productivity
Pollution & Pollutants, Ozone layer pollution, Heavy metals, oxides, sewage, hydrocarbons, Pesticides & physical pollution