BIOS1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Soil Fertility, Calcification, Resource Consumption
29 May 2018
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BIOS1301 – Ecology and Sustainability – Part 3
LEC 4:
• Scientific method:
o Observation
o Questioning observation
o Hypothesis
o Method (study design)
o Data collection
o Analyse data
o Draw conclusions from analysis
• Structure of a peer reviewed paper:
o Abstract (summary, conclusions)
o Introduction (background)
o Method (steps in testing)
o Results (graphs, tables, text)
o Discussion (interpretation of results, supporting references)
o Conclusion
o Acknowledgements
o References
• Philosophy of science
• Non-science vs pseudoscience
• Definition of sample:
o Set of individuals or variables selected from a population that are representative
of that population.
• Statistics: Provide a method for summarising, testing and presenting the results or
observations, and also providing an inference of these results
Case Study 3: Politics
• Environmental policies
o Mitigation - habitat loss and degradation, climate change, pollution
o Protection and restoration - national parks
• Development policy
o Impacts of the environment - urban expansion, fisheries, mining
Labour party in South Australia:
• Labour fought for a better deal for the River Murray and won.
o There is a Royal Commission into alleged water theft in upstream states.
• Established networks of 19 marine parks and 84 sanctuary zones (protects marine envir.,
creates new jobs etc.)
Liberal party in SA:
• One new national park in southern suburbs
LEC 5:
• Pools (where something is now) and fluxes (where it is moving too and the rate of
movement)
• Drivers of global fluxes for carbon:
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Document Summary
Bios1301 ecology and sustainability part 3. Lec 4: scientific method, observation, questioning observation, hypothesis, method (study design, data collection, analyse data, draw conclusions from analysis, structure of a peer reviewed paper, abstract (summary, conclusions) Case study 3: politics: environmental policies, mitigation - habitat loss and degradation, climate change, pollution, protection and restoration - national parks, development policy. Impacts of the environment - urban expansion, fisheries, mining. Liberal party in sa: one new national park in southern suburbs. Case study 4: acidic oceans could slow coral reef growth by a third (abc news 14/3/18: environmental problem,
