BB825: Environmental quality and assessment of pollution in streams (5 ECTS)

STADS: 04006801

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.
3rd. quater

Teacher responsible
Email: hsj@biology.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Comment:
Feltkurset ligger fra onsdag den 03. marts kl. 18 til og med 08. marts kl. 14

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Passed BB819/BB 510 or similar knowledge on aquatic ecology

Course introduction
The students should learn the scientific basis for targeting and for performing survey of environmental quality in streams and they should be able to perform technical evaluations of environmental quality in streams.

Expected learning outcome
By the end of the course the student should be able to:

• Use biological and physical/chemical methods for assessment of the environmental quality of streams.
• Establish realistic targets for stream quality in relation to watershed and discuss how the targets could be met.
• Enterpretate and discuss the most common fauna indeces.
• Perform hydrometrical measurements and calculations.

Subject overview
Administration of streams in relation to the EU Water Frame Directive. Hydrometry and river hydraulics. Inportant physical parameters in streams. Stream ecology and and stream pollution. General biotic indeces and fauna indeces with indicator species that target pollution with organic matter.

Literature
There isn't any litterature for the course at the moment.

Syllabus
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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Project assignment, Danish 7 mark scale, internal examiner

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Forelæsninger: 10 timer
Laboratorieøvelser: 8 timer
Ekskursion: 32 timer
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English, if international students participate. Otherwise the course is taught in Danish.

Remarks
The cource replaces BB30

Course enrollment
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