Animal Ecology and Pollution ZOO-571

•Introduction to ecology

•Individuals’  ecology

–Organisms limiting factors

–Important abiotic factors

•Population ecology

–Structure and  diversity

–Biomass system

–Population regulation

–Interspecific competition

•Community and ecosystem ecology

–Zoogeography

–Aquatic ecological zones and ecosystems in Saudi Arabia

–Ecological relationship between plankton and Nekton in marine, freshwater, and eustraine habitats.

–Effects of ecological factors on aquatic animals and their media

•Aquatic community stratification

–Primary productivity

•Methods and measurements  of primary productivity

•Pollution and pollutants

–Ozone layer pollution

–Heavy metals

–Oxides

–Sewage and hydrocarbons pollution

–Pesticides and physical pollution
 

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