Course Code: FWM 303
Course Title: NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS
Number of Units: 2 UNITS
Course Duration: Two hours per week
Course Details:
Course Coordinator: Professor M. Oladepo Adedire ND, M.Sc. Ph.D
Email: depodire@yahoo.com
Office Location: Room E209, COLERM
Other Lecturers: Dr. W. O .Alegbeleye Dr. O. A. Akintunde
Course Synopsis
THE ECOSYSTEM CONCEPT, THE MAJOR ATTRIBUTES OF ECOSYSTEMS, THE MAJOR OF ECOSYSTEMS, ECOLOGICAL ENERGETICS, ENERGY FLOW IN ECOSYSTEMS, BASIC LAWS OF ENERGY FLOW, TROPHIC STRUCTURE OF ECOSYSTEMS, ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS, PYRAMIDS OF BIOMASS, PYRAMIDS OF ENERGY, CYCLING OF NUTRIENTS IN ECOSYSTEMS, PATHWAYS IN TYPICAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES IN NATURAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
