TOPICS FOR FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM - BIOLOGY 1407, CAMPBELL AND REESE
8e
ECOLOGY: THESE TOPICS WILL BE ADDRESSED ON YOUR COMPREHENSIVE FINAL
EXAM,
IN ADDITION TO THE TOPICS ON ALL PREVIOUS LECTURE EXAM TOPIC SHEETS!!
CHAPTER 52
What are the levels of ecological organization, from the largest to the smallest levels? What is an
ecosystem? What is lake turnover, and when during the year does it happen? What is a eutrophic lake?
What is an oligotrophic lake? What are the freshwater and marine aquatic zones, and how do they differ
in their abiotic environments? Which is the most variable zone for its inhabitants?
CHAPTER 54
What is the definition of predation/parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, competition - what is the effect
on population density for each of these? What is the competitive exclusion principle? What is resource
partitioning? What is aposematic coloration? What is Batesian mimicry? What is Mullerian mimicry?
What is trophic structure?
CHAPTER 55
What are producers, primary, secondary, tertiary consumers, decomposers? Which of these possess the
greatest biomass? Know and understand the shape and structure of the pyramids of numbers, biomass, and
energy. Given a simple food chain, be able to analyze energy flowthrough, and the nutritional capabilities
of each trophic level. What is cultural eutrophication, and how and why does it happen?