FISH 632 LIMNOLOGY

Systems, phenomena, conditions, and life forms that exist in lakes are unique and quite different from those of the marine environments although they share some similarities. The course will focus on Development of lake basins and their associated characteristics; Waves and other angular movements in lakes, laminar flow in streams, diffusion gradients etc.; Chemical cycles in inland waters; exchange of ionic species in the benthic-limnetic interface (redox potential); The hydrologic cycle; Productivity of freshwater systems; Paralimnetic environment and anthropogenic effects in lake eutrophication processes; and, Limnological methods and hydrobiological techniques.