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FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Paper Code:
ENV 101
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
To acquaint students with the subject and to make them learn the fundamentals of ecology and environmental science.
8.00
Unit I:
Introduction to Environmental Science
- Definition, Scope and Importance of Environmental Science
- Multidisciplinary nature of Environmental Science
- Origin and Evolution of Biosphere: Atmosphere of the Primitive Earth. Early Life forms, Origin of Life- Chemical basis, Evolution of Life forms through ages
- Environmentally significant dates and abbreviations
10.00
Unit II:
Physical and Chemical Environment
- Ecosphere and its components: Atmosphere, Hydrosphere,
Lithosphere and Biosphere
- Interaction of all the components(Atmosphere, Hydrosphere,
Lithosphere and Biosphere)
10.00
Unit III:
Ecological Concepts
- Concept of Ecosystems
- Types of Ecosystems
- Ecosystem structure and functioning
- Energy flow
- Food chains and food webs
- Ecological pyramids
10.00
Unit IV:
Ecological Principles
- Liebig’s Law of Minimum
- Shelford’s Law of Tolerance
- Combined Concept of Limiting Factors
7.00
Unit V:
Biogeochemical cycles
- Definition and importance
- Hydrological
- Carbon
- Oxygen
- Nitrogen
- Phosphorus
- Sulphur
Essential Readings:
- Agrawal,K.C.: Fundamentals of Environmental Biology,2001, Bikaner (India): Nidhi Publishers
- Odum, E.P. 1971. Fundamentals of Ecology. W.B. Saunders Co. USA
- Odum E.P.: Fundamentals of Ecology,1996, Dehradun: Natraj Publisher
- Chapman,J.L. & Reiss, M.J.: Ecology: Principles and Applications, 1995, Cambridge University Press
- Cunningham, W.P. Cooper, T.H. Gorhani, E & Hepworth, M.T. 2001, Environmental Encyclopedia, Jaico Publ. House, Mumbai,
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