ESC 411 Seattle Campus Forest Soil Microbiology Soil organisms in forest ecosystems, decomposition, nutrient cycling. N transformation, mycorrhizae, effects of forest management.
Organisms covered include fungi, bacteria and invertebrates.
Many lab methods are demonstrated including the use of molecular techniques. Three lectures each week with slides and overheads and one lab session. Exposure to different laboratory and field techniques for examining soil organisms and microbial processes. Students are required to conduct a research project and give a scientific meeting style oral presentation and paper. One field trip.