256c Limnology and Water Protection

VS 6 LB III LP 4 ZP 2/4/6 (homework)

Duration:
28th of April - 9th of May 2003
(weeks 17 and 18)
Beginning:
28. April
Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Werner Konold, Dr. Katrin Schwineköper, Gerhard Bönecke, Oliver Kaiser, Sandra Röck
Number of Participants:
25
Additional Registration:
below
Assessment Method:
short presentation or seminar paper

Please register with Mrs Ros in the Institute for Landscape Management secretariat.

Objective

The participants should be in a position to grasp the integrated nature of water body ecology, recognise the deficits and factors that endanger water bodies, and to have a basic knowledge of the restoration of water bodies. Photos from the summer semester 2002 are available on this site.

Content

A more detailed version is available in pdf format (inhalt.pdf, 93 kb, german).

  • Typology of flowing and still water bodies.
  • Water body ecology: biotic and abiotic components.
  • Functions of water bodies.
  • Ecological connections between water bodies and their environment.
  • Endangering factors: history and background.
  • Reorganisation, restoration, maintenance and bioengineering.
  • Planning aspects.

Key Qualifications that are Especially Promoted

  • Independent presentation of selected questions.
  • Evaluation of connections between different thematic levels.
  • Abstraction and classification of field observations.
  • Teamwork experience.
  • Knowledge of specialised methods.

Conditions

none

Relevant Future Courses

  • Water and Planning (447c).
  • Landscape Construction and Bioengineering (87c).
  • Excursion: Rivers and River Landscapes (322c).

Reading Material

Reading material can be obtained from the Forst Fachschaft.

Remarks

This block is at the same time open to candidates from the related institutes of Biology and Geography.

 

 

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