Course code VidZP016
Credit points 1.50
Limnology
Total Hours in Course40
Date of course confirmation18.12.2013
Responsible UnitInstutute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering
Course developer
lect.
Inga Grīnfelde
Ph.D.
Course abstract
Students are introduced to problematic of lake research and management. Students make survey of lake and indicate indicator species for recognition of lake trophic state. Students make morphologic research of lake and identify problematic situations. Practical training provides competence for students to organise lake protection and ecological quality improvement.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
• Knowledge about ecological processes in lake, anthropogenic factors that impact lake ecological quality and measures to improve lake environment quality.
• Skills to use theoretical knowledge in practice, by recognition of lake trophic state and by identifying anthropogenic factors that impact lake.
• Competence to develop lake management plan.
Compulsory reading
1. Cimdiņš P. Limnoekoloģija. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2001. 159 lpp.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Limnology and Oceanography. [tiešsaiste]. Published/Hosted by Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. ISSN: 0024-3590. . [skatīts 27.05.2014.]. Pieejams: http://aslo.net/lo/toc/