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121-029 Environmental Hydrology B | |
Note | Formerly available as 121-305. Students who have completed 121-305 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Credit cannot be obtained for both this subject and 121-360/033 Environmental Hydrology A or former Faculty of Arts subjects 121-349 Principles of Environmental Hydrology or 121-350 Techniques in Environmental Hydrology |
Availability | 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof Brian Finlayson |
Prerequisites | 121-212/018 Geomorphology or equivalent as approved by the course coordinator. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures per week. Fieldwork totalling 40 hours to be scheduled on weekends |
Subject Description | This subject examines principles in the two disciplines of hydrology and ecology, emphasizing the use of both to understand environmental management problems in rivers. The subject examines water in terms of quantity and quality; the physical channel and floodplain systems in which it is conveyed and stored; and the population, community and ecosystem dynamics of the organisms that occupy these systems. Field work imparts skills in the observation and the collection and interpretation of field data relating to river channels, habitats and biota. The subject emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of environmental management and the need for critical examination of ideas in the literature. |
Assessment | Field work reports totalling 2000 words, and a 2-hour examination. |
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