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Week #7 - Small Group Discussion

Welcome to Week 7. I want to give you a little more choice in your discussion topics this week. Pick one (only one!) of the following papers and answer the question for your initial post. Make sure you cite the appropriate paper for your choice. When you respond to other comments within your groups, I want you to try to make connections between the different papers (shouldn’t be too difficult). You are also free to bring in other material to support your position, just make sure you appropriately cite all sources.

• Baron et al. (2003) discuss five requirements for freshwater ecosystem integrity. Describe two, and discuss whether or not you agree or disagree with their importance? Why or why not? If you don’t agree with their importance, what would you replace them with? Make sure you support your position either way.
• Daily et al. (1997) discuss several overarching characteristics of ecosystem services. Pick two and describe them. Then describe some of the threats to the characteristics you selected.
• O’Keefe et al. (2019) discuss the five main elements of watershed ecology. Pick two to describe, explaining their different components i(e., the three components of the physical environment). The explain how those two elements interact with each other.

I’m not looking for a multi-page essay for your initial posts, but I do expect these to be substantial responses. You shouldn’t need to go beyond four or five paragraphs for your initial posts, which seems to be about the length of many of your initial responses anyway.

5 months ago

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