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DESCRIPTION:Elements of an ecology of material conditions\n\nJustin Marleau
 \, 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ\n	Tuesday December 8\, 12-1pm\n	Zoom Link: https:/mcgil
 l.zoom.us/j/91589192037\n\nAbstract: Ecosystems are awash with substances:
  a handful of soil is filled with dead organic material\, water\, minerali
 zed nutrients like phosphates and nitrates\, signalling molecules\, antibi
 otics\, some plastic residues and other materials. Some of these substance
 s\, like the nutrients and organic material\, are consumed by organisms fo
 r their growth\, maintenance and reproduction and are considered to be res
 ources. It is these substances that ecological theory has focused the most
  on\, and much modelling has focused on understanding the flows of resourc
 es across time and space. \n\n Nevertheless\, there is growing interest in
  the non-resource effects of substances in ecosystems that are derived fro
 m organisms\, the abiotic environment and/or through anthropogenic process
 es and their interactions. These effects include acting as a source of inf
 ormation and as a modifier to the physical and chemical environment\, thou
 gh how to include them in resource-based theories is generally difficult. 
 In this talk\, I discuss a potential framework that utilizes the idea of e
 cological currencies to help integrate the material conditions of ecosyste
 ms into a more coherent whole. I provide a few modelling case studies to i
 llustrate the potential of this framework and suggest further avenues of r
 esearch.\n
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LOCATION:CA\, QC
SUMMARY:QLS Seminar Series - Justin Marleau
URL:/qls/channels/event/qls-seminar-series-justin-marl
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