1. Ecology, Evolution and Diversity General Biology I The two hour version Part 2

2. Countershading

3. Disruptive Coloration

4. Disruptive Coloration (also called dazzle camouflage) USS Charles S. Sperry - 1944

5. Pattern Recognition

6. Reduce visibility of eyes

7. Warning coloration

8. Mimicry

10. Mimicry and sexual deception

11. Symbiosis

12. Mutualism (+/+)

13. Parasitism (+/-)

14. Ectoparasites Parasitism (+/-)

15. Endoparasites Parasitism (+/-)

16. Ecological Succession

17. Succession

19. First year Five years Hutchison Memorial Forest, NJ Succession

20. 10 years 20 years Succession

21. 28 years Succession

22. Climax community (undisturbed) Disturbed community (post-logging) Succession Coastal forests, Oregon

23. Succession Some plant communities have very limited ability to undergo succession. Tropical rainforest, Phillipines

24. Krakatua Island Catastrophic eruption in 1883 Succession underway Succession

25. Mount St Helens --1980 Succession

26. Mount St Helens --1991

27. Ecosystem Ecology

28. “organisms in the ecosystem regulating the capture and expenditure of energy, and the cycling of chemicals.” Ecosystem Ecology is

29. “ organisms in the ecosystem regulating the capture and expenditure of energy, and the cycling of chemicals.” Ecosystem Ecology is

30. Energy

31. Nutrients (Chemicals)

32. Food Chains

33. Producers Consumers

34. Producers

35. Consumers

36. Primary consumer Secondary Consumer

37. Food Web

38. Nutrients (Chemicals)

39. Nutrient Input

40. No such thing as a free lunch … … and no lunch goes uneaten

41. Food Chain

42. Detritus

43. Detritivores

44. Decomposers (detritivores)

45. Nutrients Cycle Food chain

46. Energy

47. Energy Input

48. Energy Loss

49. Nutrients Cycle Food chain

50. Energy Lost

51. Productivity

52. Coos Bay, Oregon Salt Marsh

53. Death Valley Desert

54. Tropical Rain Forest

55. Primary Production

56. Water Cycle

57. Water Cycle disrupted

58. Carbon Cycle

59. Nitrogen Cycle

60. Wetlands

61. Distrurbed ecosystem… disrupted cycles