University of Michigan
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Knute Nadelhoffer

Knute Nadelhoffer

  • Professor
  • Director of the Biological Station
  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983
  • Nadelhoffer Lab

Contact information

  • University of Michigan
    1029 Kraus Natural Science Building
    830 North University
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
  • Phone: (734) 763-4461
  • Fax: (734) 647-1952
  • Email: knute@umich.edu

Teaching

EEB 476 Ecosystem Ecology: Ecosystem Ecology is a lecture/discussion course that focuses on understanding the physical, chemical, and biological processes regulating the dynamics of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. We discuss classic and current topics in ecology that have built our understanding of ecosystem organization and function. The course integrates across disciplines of physiological, microbial, population, and community ecology to understand how and why ecosystems differ in composition, structure, and function, and how ecosystems change over time. Students are expected to have a solid background in biology and ecology. We also expect that students will be able to use general principles of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology as tools to understand ecological processes occurring at the ecosystem level.