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 121-033 Environmental Hydrology A

Note

Formerly available as 121-360. Students who have completed 121-360 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Credit cannot be obtained for both this subject and 121-029 Environmental Hydrology B or former Faculty of Arts subjects 121-349 Principles of Environmental Hydrology or 121-350 Techniques in Environmental Hydrology. A quota applies for this subject. Students should contact the Department for information.

Credit Points

25

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Barbara Downes

Prerequisites

37.5 points of Second/Third Year subjects including 121-018 Geomorphology or 121-025 Biodiversity or equivalent as approved by the subject coordinator.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Two hours of lectures and three hours of practical work per week, and seven days of fieldwork to be scheduled at weekends

Subject Description

This subject examines principles in the two disciplines of hydrology and ecology, emphasising 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. Through practicals and fieldwork students should develop skills in acquiring, analysing and presenting hydrological data relating to catchment characteristics, and in identification and proper field sampling of stream biota. Students should become aware of the multidisciplinary nature of environmental management and the need for critical examination of ideas in the literature.

Assessment

Practical and fieldwork reports totalling 6000 words, and a 2-hour examination.

Prescribed Texts
  • N D Gordon, T A McMahon & B L Finlayson, Stream Hydrology: An Introduction for Ecologists. Wiley International 1992.
  • J D Allan, Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running Waters. Chapman & Hall 1995.
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