School Of Natural SciencesEnvironmental BiologyWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 14403.1
Discipline: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Student Contribution Band: NP
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
It is assumed that students have a good knowledge of general biology at first-year university level, together with a knowledge of second-year plant biology and microbiology.
Prerequisite
300222 Biology 2 OR 300539 Biodiversity
About this Unit
This unit has been replaced by 300607 Environmental Biology in Spring 2009. This unit covers physical and biological components of the ecosystem; energy and nutrient flow in the ecosystem; relationship between biodiversity and habitat; bio-geochemical cycles; the food web and bio-magnification; the population problem; industrialisation and the greenhouse effect; renewable and non-renewable energy sources; water, wetlands and coastal marine ecosystems; agriculture, forestry, land use and species extinction; urban land and water use.