The Baltic University Programme - A regional university network on sustainable development

Chapter 3
Ecology and Ecosystems

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In this chapter you should learn that:

  • Ecology is a field of biology

  • Ecologist study the interactions between species and their environment

  • Ecosystems are made of the species and the environment in an ecological unit

  • A large part of the Baltic Sea basin was covered by ice during the latest ice age

  • The Baltic Sea basin is a relatively species poor area

  • In more densely populated areas man-made changes nowadays dominate the landscape

  • Man-made landscapes exclude many species that used to be widespread