PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY

Paper Code: 
CZOL114P
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
100.00
Max. Marks: 
60.00
Objective: 

Course 

Learning outcomes 

(at course level)

Learning and  teaching strategies

Assessment  Strategies 

Paper  

Code

Paper Title

CZOL114P

PRACTICAL

Perspectives in Ecology

The students will be able to-

 

CO1: Appraise water and soil  quality 

CO 2 :Evaluate population density in a natural/hypothetical community by various methods 

CO3: To appraise study of Phytoplankton and zooplankton in aquatic ecosystem:

CO4 : Evaluate leaf area index and  dust holding capacity

 

The approach in  teaching: 

Interactive Lectures,  Discussion, Tutorials,  Reading assignments,  Demonstration, Team  teaching 

Learning activities for  the students: 

Self-learning  

assignments, Effective  questions, Seminar  presentation, Giving the  tasks, 

Class test  

Semester end  examinations, Quiz,  

Assignments,  Presentation 

Surprise test 

Open book test

 

Determination of population density in a natural/hypothetical community by quadrat method and calculation of Shannon-Weiner diversity index for the same community
Study of an aquatic ecosystem: Phytoplankton and zooplankton, Measurement of area, temperature, turbidity/penetration of light, determination of pH, and Dissolved Oxygen content (Winkler’s method), Chemical Oxygen Demand and free CO2
Soil Analysis: Organic matter, Bulk density, Water holding capacity, moisture content in soil.
Leaf area index, Dust holding capacity of leaves
Report on a visit to National Park/Biodiversity Park/Wild life sanctuary
 
 
Essential Readings: 
ESSENTIAL READINGS:
Colinvaux, P. A. (1993). Ecology. II Edition. Wiley, John and Sons, Inc.
Krebs, C. J. (2001). Ecology. VI Edition. Benjamin Cummings.
Odum, E.P., (2008). Fundamentals of Ecology. Indian Edition. Brooks/Cole
Robert Leo Smith Ecology and field biology Harper and Row publisher
Ricklefs, R.E., (2000). Ecology. V Edition. Chiron Pres
 
 
SUGGESTED READINGS
● Ecology and Field Biology, Robert L Smith, Harper CollinsPub, New York. 
● Textbook of Ecology, G.T. Miller and S. Spoolman, Brookes Cole, England. 
 
e-RESOURCES:
 
e-JOURNAL: 
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
 
Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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