Unit 1*Collecting, Analyzing, and Reporting Ecological Data 1a. Ecological Sampling 1b. Data Analysis 1c. Writing Research Reports Unit 2*Analysis of Habitats 2a. Microhabitat Analysis 2b. Atmospheric Analysis 2c. Substrate Analysis 2d. Analysis of Aquatic Habitats 2e. Chemical Analysis of Habitats 2f. Habitat Assessment Unit 3*Biotic Sampling Methods 3a. Plot Sampling 3b. Transect Sampling 3c. Point-quarter Sampling 3d. Terrestrial Invertebrate Sampling 3e. Aquatic Sampling 3f. Capture-recapture Sampling 3g. Removal Sampling 3h. Terrestrial Vertebrate Sampling Unit 4*Analysis of Populations 4a. Age Structure and Survivorship 4b. Population Growth 4c. Population Dispersion 4d. Competition 4e. Predation Unit 5* Analysis of Communities 5a. Community Structure 5b. Species Diversity 5c. Community Similarity Unit 6*Analysis of Production 6a. Biomass Measurements 6b. Aquatic Productivity 6c. Aquatic Microecosystems Appendixes A. Symbols and Abbreviations B. Equivalents for Units of Measurements C. Atomic Weights of Elements D. Common Logarithm E. Microcomputer Programming