Course: Applied Limnology (3201-641)

Persons:

• apl ProfDr Klaus Schmieder (verantwortlich)

Type of Course:

lecture with exercise

In-Class Hours Per Week:

4

Contents:

Structural impairments and renaturation
Organic and chemical impairments: Saprobisation, Eutrophication and solutions
Water Organisms: Phytoplankton, Zooplankton
Water Organisms: Makro-Invertebrates, Vertebrates
Water Organisms: Macrophytes
Limnology of artificial water bodies
Assessment of ecological state: WFD
Lake restoration

The course includes also practicals and 3 excursions to different of the above topics.

Literature:

Wetzel: Limnology
Dodds, Whiles: Freshwater Ecology
Cooke et al.: Restoration and Managements of Lakes and Reservoirs

Location:

Hohenheim

Remarks:

Registration via ILIAS

Module:

• 3201-640 Applied Limnology (compulsory)