WETS1050 Environmental change in aquatic ecosystems (5 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Description
Content
The course focuses on natural environmental changes in lakes after the last glacial period, long-term human induced environmental changes, lake sediment archives, environmental change modelling and biological and biochemical research methods on sediments, dissolved organic matter and plankton.
Completion methods
Lectures, field and laboratory work, written research report and oral presentation.
Assessment details
Study activity, research report and oral presentation.
Learning outcomes
Student understands the characters of natural and human induced long-term environmental change and research methods to study past environmental change and is able to assess long-term limnological changes and their impact on productivity, optics and food web structure and functioning. Student knows the principal concepts and characters of paleolimnology and environmental change research and is able to implement a simple study on the theme.
Completion methods
Method 1
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Parts of the completion methods
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