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

STADS: 04013201

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: hsj@biology.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Comment:
Feltkursus Søgaard tirsdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lørdag uge 15.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Passed BB510 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.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Participation in the residential course is mandatory. Pass/fail; internal evaluation by teacher (04013212)

Assessment and marking:
Oral exam based on a project assignment, Danish 7 mark scale, internal examiner

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 8 hours
Skills training phase: 44 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 4 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 40 hours

Educational activities Study phase: 16 hours

Residential course in Svanninge Bjerge 5 days, week 10.

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

Course enrollment
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