• Semester 1 (Day)

Pre-requisite: 62221

Synopsis

The unit provides detailed knowledge on the processes controlling
the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and the influence of human
activities on these processes.  The main theory topics are:
characteristics of aquatic ecosystems, aquatic communities,
thermal stratification and mixing patterns of lakes, chemical and
biological consequences of thermal stratification, organic carbon
cycle, aquatic  productivity, phytoplankton growth, trophic status
of  lakes,  zooplankton community,  eutrophication, effects of
organic wastes on lotic systems and the effects of man's activities
on aquatic ecosystems.