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Ecosystems - Background Information
Working Together for the Environment - from Environmental Trust and UniServe Science
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/environet/Preliminary course—A local ecosystem - from TAFE Learning Materials Production
http://www.lmpc.edu.au/c_linkList.php?KLA=Science&LEVEL=Stage%206%20Biology&CFRAME=A%20local%20ecosystemEcology Worksheets - from Queensland Science Teachers
http://qldscienceteachers.tripod.com/worksheets/biology/ecology/Interactions in the environment - a 28 page pdf sourcebook module produced by Queensland Studies Authority
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/downloads/syllabus/kla_sci_sbm_ll_402.pdfConsequences of Interactions in the environment - a 42 page pdf sourcebook module produced by Queensland Studies Authority
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/downloads/syllabus/kla_sci_sbm_ll_501.pdfCase Studies - from Community Builders, NSW
http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/stories/Coast and Marine Education - from Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia
http://www.denr.sa.gov.au/coasts/cmeducation.htmlCoasts and Marine Schools Project - from Marine Education Society of Australasia
http://www.mesa.edu.au/cams/default.aspIntroduction to Global Change - from the University of Michigan, materials which are available from this site are available to instructors from other institutions free of charge, register and adhering to usgae guidelines is requested
Scroll down for the following topics: The Concept of an Ecosystem and The Flow of Energy: Primary Production and Higher Trophic Levels
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/Population Growth and Balance - good background information and computer modelling application (Java)
http://arcytech.org/java/population/Wetlands
Why Wetlands are Important - factsheet from Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority
2 page brochureWetlands management in NSW - from Natural Resources, NSW Government
http://www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/water/wetlands.shtmlCook's Cove, Arncliffe - from Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
Sydney Foreshores PageLiving Harbour - from Australian Museum
http://www.livingharbour.net/index.cfmSydney Park, St Peters - from City of Sydney
Sydney ParkRivers and Wetlands - from Nature & Conservation Council of NSW
http://www.nccnsw.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=59&Itemid=556Our Wetlands - NSW's secret nurseries - from Nature & Conservation Council of NSW
http://nccnsw.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1215&Itemid=556Food Webs Secondary Activities - from Gould League
http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/foodwebs_s.htmWetlands - finally recognised as the 'good guys' but still under threat - from The National Trust
2 page pdf documentThe World's Biomes - from Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
Investigating Populations
Population Dynamics
WebBeePop: A Honey Bee Population Dynamics Simulation Model - includes Sizing up the Population which covers Capture-tag-recapture, Quadrat method and Species area curves, from United States Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/beepop/Sampling techniques to estimate the size of a population
Lecture 2. Estimation of population density and size - from Virginia Tech
http://www.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/PopEcol/lec2/sampling.htmlHow many fish are in the Pond? - Classroom capture-recapture exercise in .pdf format, from Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education
http://www.rsscse.org.uk/ts/gtb/johnson3.pdCapture-recapture lesson Plan - from NCTM, USA., includes activity Sheet
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L721Capture-recapture exercise - Lesson plan in in MS Word format from Minnesota State University
http://www.mnstate.edu/harms/Seeing/seeing/Capture-Recapture.docIntertidal Quadrat Studies - from Georgia Strait Alliance
http://www.georgiastrait.org/?q=node/617INVESTIGATIONS OF ECOSYSTEMS: The Transect as a Tool in Collaborative Learning - from Racerocks.com
http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/transect/transect.htmEcological Sampling Methods from Offwell Woodland & Wildlfie Trust, UK.
http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/biol_sampl_cont.htmVEGETATION ANALYSIS FIELD LAB - from Washington University, 24 pages MS Word document
Detailed Instructions, with examplesHabitat Dynamics a class exercise from National Science Teachers Association, USA
http://www.nsta.org/publications/interactive/laptop/lessons/habitat.pdfAn On-line Rocky Intertidal Transect - from Connecticut State University
http://www.biology.ccsu.edu/penniman/Intertidal/MAIN.HTMTransect Investigation - a practical activity from NOVA Online, PBS USA. 134 page resource book in .pdf format for marine science
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/madagascar/classroom/l3_intro.htmlSimulations
Capture-Tag-Recapture - from United States Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/beepop/capture.htmlMark-Recapture Sampling - from Duke University
http://www.biology.duke.edu/cibl/exercises/mark_recapture.htmCapture-Recapture teaching Unit - from Minnesota USA
http://www.mnstate.edu/harms/Seeing/seeing/Capture-Recapture.docPopulation Growth and Balance - good background information and computer modelling application (Java), from Arcytech
http://arcytech.org/java/population/Examples
Amphibian Monitoring - from Cape Cod National Seashore
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/monitor/protocols/caco_amphibians.pdfThe Great Australian Marsupial Nightstalk - an initiative of the Marsupial Cooperative Research Centre, Perth Zoo
http://www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/staticpages/nightstalk/index.htmlMangrove Ecosystem - from World Resources Institute, download pdf file of useful data from Hong Kong
Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
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Flow of Energy and Matter in an Ecosystem
Ecosystem Function; Organic Matter and Energy Flow - from Michigan Tech
http://forest.mtu.edu/classes/fw3020/ecofunct.htm
Carbon cycling and energy flow in ecosystems - good summary diagrams from Colorado State University
Energy flowEcosystem Productivity - from J Kimball's Biology Pages
http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/N/NetProductivity.htmlTrophic levels - from BioEd Online
SlideTrophic Levels Image - from University of Michigan
Trophic levels in Arctic food web
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Relationships between Species
Interactions - including mututalism, allelopathy, mutualism and commensalism, from the Mangrove Virtual Field Trip developed by Jan West, OTEN
InteractionsAbiotic and Biotic factors - includes mututalism, allelopathy, mutualism and commensalism, from Eastern Connecticut State University
http://www.biology-online.org/6/3_abiotic_factors.htmBiotic Interactions and the Distribution of Species - from Physical Geography Net
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9f.htmlSymbiosis - Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SymbiosisSymbiosis - from from J Kimball's Biology Pages
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/S/Symbiosis.htmlAllelopathyParasitismBack Off! How Plants Guard Their "Personal Space" with Poisons - plants practice Allelopathy, from Dragonfly at Miami University
http://www.muohio.edu/Dragonfly/itc/index.htmlxAllelopathy in Trees - from The University of Georgia
http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/service/library/index.php3?docID=274Allelopathy Research at the University of Savoie - including What is Allelopathy?
http://www.leca.univ-savoie.fr/tmp/Rech/Allelo/1st_en.htmlAllelopathy - from Cornell University, includes theoretical introduction and laboratory work
http://csip.cornell.edu/Projects/CEIRP/AR/Allelopathy.htmCommensalismInsect Parasitic Nematodes - from Cooperative Extension, Colorado State University
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05573.htmlHydatids - when a dog is not man's best friend - NOVA, The Australian Academy of Science
http://www.science.org.au/nova/056/056key.htmPredator/Prey populationsCommensalism - Good photographs and examples from Nearctica website
http://www.nearctica.com/ecology/pops/commens.htm
Natural Selection: Predator-Prey Interaction - a simulation from Fullerton College, California, download in pdf
http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/tmorris/Lab/lab_manual/predator_prey.pdfMathematical Modelling of Predator Prey Interactions - from Montana University
http://www.math.montana.edu/frankw/ccp/modeling/continuous/springmass/learn.htmIntroduction to the Predator Prey Problem - from Messiah College
http://home.messiah.edu/~deroos/CSC171/PredPrey/PPIntro.htmPredator prey Simulation - classroom simulation which does not require a computer, from Access Excellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1991/predator.htmlWATOR - a simulation (Java Applet) of the predator-prey interaction between sharks and fish, scroll down for text material
http://www.mcrit.com/Complexity/applets/classes/Wator/wator.htmPredator - Prey Applet - from Montana State University
http://www.math.montana.edu/frankw/ccp/modeling/continuous/springmass/appletonly.htm
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Trophic Interactions
Food Web in Caves - including a food web for a cave ecosystem. Print preview recommended
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rawhyte/schools/foodweb.htmlFood Chains and Food Webs - from Queensland Science Teachers' Association
http://qldscienceteachers.tripod.com/junior/biology/foodchains.htmlCreating a Visual Relationship of Organisms: Food Webs and Trophic Levels - from Access Excellence's Activities Exchange
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0313-GreenspanBradley/ATLSS Across Trophic Level System Simulation - from University of Tennessee
http://atlss.org/Insect Travel Brochure - from Insects in the Classroom: Bugs as teaching tools for all ages, Texas A&M University
http://iitc.tamu.edu/1998and2000/lessons/lesson18.htmlThe Wolf, the Moose, and the Fir Tree: Who Controls Whom on Isle Royal? A case study of trophic interactions - from Case Studies in Science, State University of New York at Buffalo together with Case Teaching Notes
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/Isle.htmlTrophic Interactions in Estuarine Systems (TIES) - Scientists studying Chesapeake Bay, USA
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1998/edybrandt09-2.htmlEnergy Flow in Ecosystems: Energy capture and use - from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/biogeography/biogeography_eco_energy.htmlThe Flow of Energy in Ecosystems - from University of Hamburg
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e54/54c.htmThe Food Chain Game - for a wetland environment, from Why Wetlands, KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch
http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/section5/5-06.htmMangroves - more than mud and mozzies! - from Environment Protection Agency, Queensland, explore other ecosystems
Mangroves and WetlandsFire Ecology of Australian Eucalypts - paper from Iowa State University
ArticleFire ecology in Tasmania
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/fire/fire_ecology_management/index.htmlLife and Adaptations to Water - from South Australian Museum
http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/water/riteframe.htmVEGETATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS - from the Australian Alps Liaison Committee
http://www.australianalps.deh.gov.au/publications/edukit/veg.htmlFAUNA OF THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS - from the Australian Alps Liaison Committee
http://www.australianalps.deh.gov.au/publications/edukit/fauna.html
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Human Impact on Ecosystems
Human Impact on Ecosystems - a suggested investigation available in pdf from Black Gold Schools, Canada
http://www.blackgold.ab.ca/microtest/Science20Labs/human_impact2.pdfPopulation and environment - from NOVA, Australian Academy of Science
http://www.science.org.au/nova/087/087key.htmInterrelationships - covers human impact on environment, from Oswego School District
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/units/humanimpact/interrelationships.cfmHUMAN IMPACT ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT - from Regents Prep. A small web site summarising the topic.
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/units/humanimpact/index.cfmBiodiversity Management Issues Brochures - 10 pdf brochures which address issues related to major biodiversity management issues for rivers and streams, from Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria
http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dse/nrenpa.nsf/FID/-042AB8B88FC3FE6F4A256AB90008AAAA?OpenDocumentREIMBURSING THE FUTURE: An evaluation of motivational, voluntary, price-based, property-right, and regulatory incentives for the conservation of biodiversity - from Department of the Environment and Heritage
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/series/paper9/Wingecarribee: the Collapse of the Wingecarribee Wetlands - from Robertson Environment Protection Society
http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/sbeder/wingecarribee/
also at
http://homepage.mac.com/herinst/wingecarribee/home.htmlWingecarribee Swamp Coordinates for use in Google Earth: Latitude 34°33'23.02"S, longitude 150°30'13.17"EWetlands publications - from Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, newsletter, interactives, brochures and case studies
Exploring Our Wetlands - from Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/environmental/wetlands/
http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/environmental/wetlands/explore/index.html
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Virtual field trips as models for local environment investigations
Two Queensland Sites for Collaborative Field trips for SchoolsVirtual Field Trips Website - from Oz teacher-Net Projects
Virtual Field tripsVirtual Field Trips - from The Learning Place, Education Queensland
Virtual Fields TripsReady-to-use Field tripsCurrent VFT's
Current pagesAustralian Alps Education Kit - produced by the Australian Alps Liaison Committee as part of its program to increase awareness of the Alps. Topics include Geology and Geomorphology, Soils, Vegetation and Fauna of the Australian Alps
http://www.australianalps.deh.gov.au/publications/edukit/Towra Point Mangrove Excursion - from the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney
http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/Mangroves/Ecosystem at Risk Virtual Fieldtrip - Minnamurra Rainforest, from HSC Online, Charles Sturt University
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/geography/ecosystems/case_studies/mmfweb/Vegetation of Mt Field National Park and the South-West Tasmania Wilderness Area- from University of Tasmania
http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/plant_science/field_botany/index.htmlVirtual Mangrove Field Trip - created by Jane West (OTEN) and available from the LMP Science Online web site
Additional Mangrove Information
http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~janewest000/Mangrove/Mangroves in India - from Soonabai Pirojsha Godrej Marine Ecology Centre, Mumbai
http://www.mangroves.godrej.com/Plant Collecting in Western New South Wales - a virtual field trip from the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
http://www.anbg.gov.au/projects/field-trips/western-NSW/western-NSW.html
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