ZL3025:03
Freshwater Ecology
Townsville
HECS Band 2
26 hours lectures, 4 hours tutorials, 21 hours practicals, 24 hours field work. Semester 2.
Staff: Professor R Pearson, Dr R Rowe.
Ecology of inland waters with special reference to the tropics.
Topics include chemical and physical features of inland waters; lake forms and origins; stream hydrodynamics; diversity of freshwater biota and faunal adaptations; community dynamics and ecological processes; management issues, including water quality, fisheries, diseases, river regulation, pollution.
Learning Objectives:
- understanding of important physical and chemical processes;
- knowledge of biota of fresh water;
- knowledge of ecological processes;
- understanding of anthropogenic influences;
- practical skills: describing freshwater systems; sampling for water analyses; sampling of biota; lab techniques.
Assessment by on course assignments and practical book (50%); final examination (50%).