Aquatic ecology and Biodiversity

Unit 1- Aquatic ecology

1.1.4. Branches of ecology

Ecology is divided into many branches

• Animal ecology – It is the study of animals in relation to their environment

• Plant ecology –It is the study of plants in relation to their environment

• Habitat ecology -It deals with the study of habitats

• Marine ecology - It deals with marine habitat

• Fresh water ecology -It deals with fresh water habitat

• Physiological ecology - It is the response of single species to environmental conditions such as temperature, light etc

• Population ecology - it is the abundance and distribution of individual species and the factors that cause such distribution

• Community ecology - It is the number of species found at given area and their interactions

• Ecosystem ecology - It is the structure and function of the entire organisms of
microbes plants, and animals, and their abiotic environment.

• Evolutionary ecology - it deals with the physiological or population level to understand how natural selection.