| Course title |
Limnology |
| Course code |
VidZP016 |
| Credit points (ECTS) |
1.5 |
| Total Hours in Course |
40.5 |
| Date of course confirmation |
18/12/2013 |
| Responsible Unit |
Instutute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering |
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| Course developers |
Ph.D., vad.pētn. Inga Grīnfelde
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| There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course |
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| 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/ |