New Course for Fall 2013 Principles of Ecosystem Ecology BIOL 697 Dr. Joseph Craine, KSU Biology, Instructor 3 credits
**Offered on-line through Kansas State University** With the EarthÂ’s climate, flora, and fauna changing rapidly, there is a pressing need to understand terrestrial ecosystem processes and their sensitivity to environmental and biotic changes. Ecosystem ecology examines the interactions between living organisms, including people, and their environment as integrated systems. The course will focus on the central principles that describe the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems and their freshwater components. The core of the course focuses on understanding the flows of energy, water, carbon, and nutrients from their abiotic origins through plants, animals, and decomposer organisms. The course covers integration of these processes at scales from local to global. Principles of Ecosystem Ecology will also synthesize recent advances in ecosystem ecology and teach students connections between theory and application. Go to www.ecosystemecology.org for more information.
