BIOL 3371 - Limnology

2 Class Hours 4 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: BIOL 2107, 2108.
This course will develop a comprehensive and integrated understanding of physical, chemical and biological processes occurring in lakes, streams and estuaries. The approach will use the scientific method to investigate and contrast basic ecological processes operating in various systems. Students will generate hypotheses from an initial collection of data and from lectures on various limnologic parameters (e.g. light, nutrients, productivity, community structure, pollutants.) Students will test specific hypotheses by developing and implementing field surveys and experimental manipulations.