BIOL 4710
Limnology
Fall 2013
Topics
- Importance of Limnology
- Lake Formation
- Light
- Heat Budgets of Lakes
- Water Movement
- Oxygen
- Carbonate Cycle
- Chemical Constituents of Lakes
- Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Ecology
- Productivity of Aquatic Systems
Readings
- A. Required textbook 9
- Limnology 3rd ed., R.W. Wetzel, 2001. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
- Information for completing a lake survey and map production has been adapted from Part I of the Manual of Instructions: Aquatic Habitat Inventory Surveys, Ministry of Natural Resources 8th Ed., 1987 (MNR 1987). A PDF has been posted on D2L. Further labs have been adapted from (APHA et al. 1992; Lind 1975; Strickland and Parsons 1968; Wetzel and Likens 1979).
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2013
- Course source ↗
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.