ERS 701D Advanced Resource Management - Advanced Limnology
Spring Semester 2003 (3 credits: 3-2-0)
Registration No. 10949
Lecture Hours:
TuTh 8-9:15 a.m. KRC 105
Lab Hours:
Thursday 2:00-5:00 p.m., KRC 105
Course Instructors:
Dr. Laurel Saito, KRC 109
Phone: 775 784-1921; e-mail: lsaito@cabnr.unr.edu
Office hours:
Dr. Christian H. Fritsen
Phone: 775 673-7487; e-mail: cfritsen@dri.edu
Office hours:
Exams and Grading: Homework
Midterm examination (1)
Proposal
Presentation/Project
Participation
20%
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Course Description:
Advanced topics in physical, chemical, and biological limnology will be
covered, including novel approaches for integrating these sciences in
limnological investigations. Course topics include monitoring
approaches, mixing equations, surface energy budgets, internal wave
behavior in lakes, gas transfer, carbonate chemistry, bacterial mediated
carbon cycling, microbial food webs, nutrient physiology, nitrogen
fixation, zooplankton dynamics, paleolimnology, stable isotope analysis,
and interdisciplinary modeling approaches.
Course Format:
Two lectures and one 3-hour laboratory per week, with the laboratory
used for a mix of laboratory, computer use, and field trips.
Course Goal:
Limnology is an interdisciplinary science that is critical for
understanding how human and natural processes affect inland aquatic
ecosystems. Such ecosystems are inherently complex and require
integrated study to be effectively understood and managed. The goal of
this course is therefore to explore and exercise interdisciplinary
limnological approaches.
Course Objectives:
Successful students will be able assess, interpret, and convey
interdisciplinary research ideas on advanced limnological topics.
Required Textbooks: None.
Web page:
http://www.ag.unr.edu/saito/classes/ers701/ers701.htm/
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