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MIT OpenCourseWare
Ecology I: The Earth System
Art: Zhong you he gong quan tu. LOC gm71002470, 1898 · Public domain
- Instructors
- Prof. Edward DeLong, Prof. Penny Chisholm
- Term
- Fall 2009
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 3 problem sets · 6 exams · 9 solutions · 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 24 other files · 6 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 1.018J Ecology I: The Earth System, Fall 2009, Prof. Edward DeLong, Prof. Penny Chisholm — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
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How this course was organized
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Materials by section
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Readings
Lecture Notes
16 files
- Lecture 1 — Introduction to Ecology Download
- Lecture 3: How to be Alive Download
- Lecture 7 Notes — Biogeochemical cycles Download
- Lecture 10 — Limiting Factors, and Redfield Download
- Lecture 12 — food webs and secondary productivity Download
- Lecture 16 — Predator Prey Interactions Download
- Lectures 5 and 6 — Primary Productivity Download
- Lectures 13,14 — Population Growth Download
- Overview of Photosynthesis Download
- Redox Chemistry Review Download
- CI lecture: getting started with the term project Download
- Ecosystem Experiments and Geoengineering Download
- Population Ecology Download
- Introduction to Chemostat Theory Download
- Population Growth in Chemostats Download
- Competition and the Niche Download
Assignments
- Problem Set 1 Download
- Problem Set 1 Solutions Download
- Problem Set 2 Download
- Problem Set 2 Solutions Download
- Problem Set 3 Download
- Problem Set 3 Solutions Download
Exams
12 files
Projects
7 files
- Writing the Project Description of your Term Project Proposal Download
- A proposal for limited implementation of a sunshade to evaluate the effects of albedo modification on global biogeochemical cycles Download
- Testing the Unintended Consequences of Lignin Reduction in Genetically Modified Trees on Trophic Interactions Download
- Investigation of the effects of stratospheric sulfur injection on terrestrial autotroph productivity via experimentation with diffuse radiation controlled greenhouses Download
- The Unintended Consequences of Sulfate Aerosols in the Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere Download
- Assessing Excess Carbon Emissions and Soil Toxicity as Unintended Consequences in Applying Biochar as a Geoengineering Scheme Download
- Term Project on Geoengineering Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Evolution of Earth and the biosphere
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Lecture 3: How to be alive/thermodynamics of life
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Lecture 4: CI lecture: getting started with the term project Lecturer: Harlan Breindel, MIT Writing Center
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Lecture 5: Primary productivity I
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Lecture 6: Primary productivity II
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Lecture 7: Biogeochemical cycles
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Lecture 8: Global carbon cycle
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Lecture 9: Quiz 1
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Lecture 10: Limiting factors and Redfield
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Lecture 11: Ecosystem experiments/geoengineering
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Lecture 12: Secondary productivity/food webs
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Lecture 13: Population growth
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Lecture 14: Chemostats/life tables
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Lecture 15: Human population growth
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Lecture 16: Quiz 2
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Lecture 17: Competition and the niche
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Lecture 18: Predation/symbiosis/mutualism
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Lecture 19: Biogeography
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Lecture 20: A thought experiment in sustainability Guest lecture: John Sterman, MIT Sloan School
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Lecture 21: Quiz 3
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Lecture 22: Project presentations
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Lecture 23: Project presentations (cont.)
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Edward DeLong, Prof. Penny Chisholm, 1.018J Ecology I: The Earth System, Fall 2009.
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