ECOL386
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ECOL386 - Environmental Biophysics
Course ID
039170
Course Description
The primary aim of this course will be to provide an introduction to principles of physics that influence how organisms interact with their surrounding environment. Topics include: the causes of flows of mass and energy within organisms, communities and ecosystems; the energy budgets of plants and animals; the forces that govern water movement from soils, through plants to the atmosphere; basics of solar radiation budgets for leaves and ecosystems; microenvironments of animals, plants and humans.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Undergraduate
Course Requisites
PHYS 102 and MATH 112.
May be convened with
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No