BIOP302 Water and Water Systems (5 cr)
Learning outcomes
Student understands basic concepts of limnology and oceanography, water chemistry and physical water properties, structure of aquatic food webs, principles of waters as an economical resource and topical environmental problems.
Study methods
Lectures, web based exercises, compulsory literature (Myrberg & Lepp盲ranta 2014: Meret, maapallon siniset kasvot), side literature (Br枚nmark & Hansson 2010: The Biology of lakes and ponds) and exam.
Content
Limnology, water optics, hydrological cycle, water chemistry, organisms and their adaptations to life in water, biodiversity, biological interactions, fishing and fisheries science, aquaculture, aquatic parasites, environmental threats in fresh waters and the Baltic Sea, developmental history of Finnish lakes and the Baltic Sea, water quality and ecological status, urban hydrology, oceanography.
Assessment criteria
Exercises (25%) and exam (75%).