ABCS 318: Aquatic Biology

Water properties of biological importance. The seas: the open ocean and coastal waters. Factors determining water circulation. Effects of water circulation upon productivity. Pollution. Utilization and conservation. Lakes: origin of lakes and their biological types. Factors determining water circulation. Rivers: origin and water movement. Biotic communities, adaptations and distribution. Phytoplankton: distribution including temporal and special changes in relation to physico-chemical and biological factor in the environment.

Estuaries: optical and physical properties; water movement. Dissolved substances. Mangrove swamps.