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- Instructor(s)
- Yoshimura Chihiro
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
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- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Mon5-6(W831) Thr5-6(H118)
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- Course number
- CVE.G401
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2022/3/16
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- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
This course provides the fundamental knowledge and techniques to understand, assess, and manage aquatic ecosystems. It covers aquatic chemistry, biogeochemistry, and aquatic ecology while the applied aspects emphasize ecosystem managements taking rivers and lakes as examples.
Aquatic ecosystems have close relation to human activities, including flood control, water use, water environment, fishery, and so forth. Therefore, it is critically important to understand how aquatic ecosystems are complex, dynamic, and vulnerable from the physical, chemical and biological perspectives in order to properly assess and conserve aquatic ecosystems in relation to human activities. This lecture aims to provide such fundamental knowledge as well as techniques for practical applications so that students can obtain the overview of ecosystem management.
Student learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Explain basics of biogeochemical process and water quality formation process in water environment.
2. Describe key components of the aquatic ecosystem and major ecological processes.
3. Present the concepts and techniques that are useful for environmental management, based on the hydraulic characteristics of each body of water including rivers , lakes, and coastal areas.
Keywords
Water Chemistry, Microbiology, Trophic Relations, Aquatic Ecosystem, Water Environmental Management
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Basically, one of key components/processes of aquatic environment will be described in each class. About 80 minutes of lectures including exercises will be allocated, and about 20 minutes will be allocated to subsequent quizzes and questions. In addition, report assignments will be given in the middle and end of the term.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance and watershed hydrology | Understand watershed hydrology and work on its exercise. |
| Class 2 | Sediment and habitat dynamics | Understand sediment and habitat dynamics and work on its exercise. |
| Class 3 | pH and redox potential | Understand pH and redox potential and work on its exercise. |
| Class 4 | Dissolution and kinetics | Understand dissolution and kinetics and work on its exercise. |
| Class 5 | Particle and adsorption | Understand particle and adsorption and work on its exercise. |
| Class 6 | Photochemistry and primary production | Understand photochemistry and primary production and work on its exercise. |
| Class 7 | Mid-term exercise | Summarize the first part and work on its exercise. |
| Class 8 | Nutrient cycle | Understand nutrient cycle in water environments and work on its exercise. |
| Class 9 | Microbes and carbon dynamics | Understand ｍicrobes and carbon dynamics and work on its exercise. |
| Class 10 | Species and biodiversity | Understand species and biodiversity and work on its exercise. |
| Class 11 | Fate and transport of pollutants | Understand fate and transport of pollutants and work on its exercise. |
| Class 12 | Simulation model of aquatic ecosystems | Understand the basic structure of simulation models of aquatic ecosystems and engage in exercises. |
| Class 13 | Water environment management 1 | Understand the basics and practices of water environment management, and then work on exercises |
| Class 14 | Water environment management 2 | Understand the basics and practices of water environment management, and then work on exercises |
Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 30 minutes preparing for class and another 60 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Not specified
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Aquatic Environmental Chemistry (Oxford, 1998)
Principles and Applications of Aquatic Chemistry (Wiley, 1993)
Stream Ecology: Structure and function of running waters (Springer, 2007)
Assessment criteria and methods
Discussion 30%, Exercise 70%
More than 9 times of attendance are required for the credit.
Related courses
- CVE.G402 ： Environmental Statistics
- CVE.G310 ： Water Environmental Engineering
- CVE.G230 ： Environmental Planning Project
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
No prerequisites
