303536 (v.2) Environmental Awareness 112

Area:

Department of Environmental Biology

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

2.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Complexity of ecological systems. Special features of Western Australia. Nutrient cycling. Water and nutrient flow in ecosystems. Population genetics. Mining rehabilitation. Realities. River systems, wetlands, salt lakes. Factors affecting community structure. Role of water in human settlement. Energy flow. Coastal and marine environment. Succession. Environmental issues in Australia. Population dynamics. Feral animals. Biological diversity at different levels. Biodiversity and plant/animal interactions.Natural, agricultural, urban ecosystems. Man the destroyer. Predator/prey interactions. Fish and fisheries. Sandplain country and Swan Coastal plain.

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Field of Education:

10900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External