Management of Aquatic EcosystemsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know the basics of the anthropogenic effects to the circulation and loads of the essential elements and energy between the aquatic ecosystem and the catchment. You are able to define and estimate the tolerance of the aquatic ecosystem. You are capable to do a diagnosis of the ecosystem by using the physic-chemical and biological data. You master the basics of sampling, measuring and analyzing technics and preparing the samples in practice. You are capable to prepare a preliminary plan for the management and restoration of the aquatic ecosystem. You are able to prepare a report of scientific structure including the conclusions of these physic-chemical, hydrological, biological and ecological data, i. e. the diagnosis of the ecosystem and the preliminary conclusions for the restoration and management technics.

Content

The defining the budgets and the mass balances of the essential nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), the water quality and the mass balance models of the aquatic ecosystems, the physic-chemical, biological and ecological structure of the water ecosystem, the sampling technics of the physic-chemical and biological components, the methods of the monitoring and studying the water ecosystems and their catchments (i. e. water quality, hydrology, benthic fauna, sediments, aquatic macrophytes, fish population, phytoplankton, zooplankton); preparing the scientific report and presentation based on this diagnosis of the water ecosystem and its catchment for the preliminary plan for management and restoration techniques.