PBIO 437, call 04530
PBIO
537, call 04535
Class: Tues, Thurs 5-7pm in
417 Porter Hall
| Instructor: Dr. Kim J. Brown | TA: James Chiang |
| E: kim.brown@ohio.edu | E: jc293302@ohio.edu |
| Phone: 593-0405 | Phone: 593-0405 |
| Office and lab: 419 Porter | Office: 414 Porter |
| Office Hours: On request (email is the best way to reach me) | Office Hours: TBA |
Word(doc) syllabus is HERE
The schedule of topics, required readings, PDFs and lecture links are BELOW
New! Anonymous feedback form is HERE
Why take this course:
Natural resource managers and policymakers are increasingly encountering
the mandate for maintainance of "ecosystem function".
What does that mean? How do we measure ecosystem function? How
do we measure positive or negative changes in ecosystems? Where
do we draw geograophic boundaries on ecosystems? What about topics
like Global Change?
Students taking this class will learn Ecosystem Ecology concepts and discuss applications, read journal articles from the primary literature, learn to write reviews of these articles, and practice their skills at concisely presenting summaries of ideas in front of their peers. Students are ENCOURAGED to bring their own spheres of interest and enthusiasm to this course, and to use this course as a means of improving their understanding of their own research systems and ideas.
Textbooks:
Principles of Ecosystem Ecology
(by F.S.Chapin, P.Matson, and H.Mooney)
Readings from this book are designated "EE"
Biogeochemistry, 2nd edition, by W. Schlesinger 1997, Academic
Press, $58. ISBN=012625155X
Readings from this
book are designated "BGC"
Lecture Topics
AND
NOTES (PDFs, links will be
added as lectures progress):
NB:Lecture notes are found on DATE links, guest
presentations found on NAMES
date --
-- topic
mr31Ecosystems, defined = Ch1 BGC,
Ch1 EE
01apOrigins of elements on Earth (planetary history)
= Ch2 BGC
+
more papers &
hosts: Kim Brown* (Platt)
and James Chiang* (Ford
and Ishii)
*
no PPT for these
06apEnergy budgets and the Atmosphere = Ch2 EE, Ch3
BGC
08apOcean
Circulation, and Climate = Ch2
EE, Ch3 BGC
papers
& hosts: Gary
Conley (Lippsett)
and Peter
Schweitzer (Broecker)
13apLithology = Ch4
BGC
15apWeathering and soil genesis = Ch3 EE
papers
& hosts: Andrew
Bishop (Chadwick)
and Staci
Sperzel (Hodkinson)
20apHydrologic cycle = Ch4 EE
paper
& host: Adam Wiskofske (Dawson's
Fog paper)
EXAM1
STUDY GUIDE
22apExam
One
EXAM ONE will be on the above
material, including the main points
from the papers
we read in class on these topics.
27apThe
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: Primary Production; EE, p335-343; Ch5,6 EE; Ch4
BGC
paper
& host: Stephanie Wolfe (Florida
Cypress Wetlands)
29apThe Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: Respiration;
Ch 6,7 EE,
Ch 5 BGC;
and Decomposition; Ch
6 EE
papers &
hosts: Mark Gathany (Aspen
Litter Decomp) and Vanessa Polling (Pacific
Peatland Respiration)
04MyTerrestrial Nutrient
Cycles and Modeling = EE,
p343-355;
Ch 9 EE;
Ch6 BGC,esp. pgs 208-211
>
James Chiang's debut guest mini-lecture on modeling approaches
to ecosystems
06MyAquatic Ecosystems: Wetlands = Ch 7 BGC,
papers &
hosts: Lance Glasgow (Fires
at forest:grassland ecotone) and Kristyn Robinson (Alaskan
wetlands)
07MyDYSART TRIP #1 (Grad
students MANDATORY; unders who want to go must notify instructor
1 week prior)
We depart from Porter parking
lot at 7am, should return by 6pm that day.
Please
wear appropriate clothing, be prepared for greenbriar and poison
ivy...
DYSART PROTOCOLS.
Testing species-specific versus functional group allometry for
carbon modeling.
>>>>>>the new DYSART
WEBSITE is HERE <<<<<
11MyAquatic Ecosystems:
streams, lakes = Ch
7, 8 BGC
13MyAquatic
Ecosystems: oceans = Ch
9 BGC; Ch 10 EE
papers &
hosts: Jennifer Gray (Anadromous
fish, bears, and terrestrial N) and Amy Lewis (Productivity
in Lake Baikal)
ALSO!->Warren Currie< lecture link, Assitant
Professor, BIOS dept.
EXAM2
STUDY GUIDE
18MyExam
Two
EXAM TWO will be on the above
material, including the papers we read in class on these topics.
20My
Trophic dynamics in ecosystems; Ch
11 EE
Community
effects on ecosystems; Ch
12 EE
papers
& hosts: Lisa Schilling (Invasive
earthworms in forests) and Bryan Eppert (Craaaazy
ants on tropical islands)
25My Temporal heterogeneity
in ecosystems, assessments of function; Ch 13 EE
27My
Spatial heterogeneity in ecosystems, monitoring techniques; Ch 14 EE
papers
& hosts: John Graham (NPP- night and day) and Seth van
Horn (Simulations of "natural" ET in Auz.forests)
27MyDYSART Lab data analysis DUE -
Working groups; Dataset;
parameters; Assignment;
Example; McCarthy
Dysart OG paper;
01Ju Course evaluation;
Managing and sustaining ecosystems Ch 16 EE
03Ju Potluck,
course synthesis, and presentation of final papers
papers
& hosts: Adam Grado (C saving via better logging), Richard
Carter (?) and Leah Timko(Invasive species impacts)
01JuDYSART Lab - synthesis
+ writeup DUE
Assignment; Datasets: Glasgow+Gray; Schweizer+Spertzel; Lewis+Schilling; Gathany+Graham;
08JuFINAL EXAM Tuesday,
June 8, at 7:00 p.m.
US.DOE urban forestry sequester2003.xls worksheet;
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