Perspectives in Practical Ecology

Contents: 1. Introduction to pond ecosystem. 2. Study of the biotic components of a water ecosystem: Phytoplankton and Zooplankton. 3. Calculation of population density in a natural/hypothetical community and calculation of its Shannon Weiner diversity index by Quadrat method. 4. Study life tables, survivorship curves and fecundity tables of the hypothetical population. 5. Measuring temperature of water. 6. To study the turbidity and the area of an aquatic ecosystem. 7. To study the types of soil, their texture by Sieve method and rapid test for pH, Chlorides, Nitrates, Carbonates and organic carbon. 8. To study the principle of Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Imaging System (GIS). 9. Measuring pH of water. 10. To study the quality of water by using Alkalinity as a parameter. 11. Estimation of the dissolved Oxygen content of water by Winkler’s method. 12. To estimate Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in the water sample. 13. To estimate free CO2 in the water sample. 14. To study the quality of water by using Chloride concentration as a parameter. 15. To study pollutant “Phosphate” in the water sample. 16. To study pollutant “Nitrate” in the water sample. 17. To study pollutant “Sulfates” in the water sample collected from a polluted area. 18. To measure the electrical conductivity of the given sample. 19. Ecologically important animals of India.