791-309 Water Resources

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791-309 Water Resources
Credit Points	10
HECS Band	2
Coordinator	Mr Roger Wrigley
Prerequisites	Chemistry I; Soil and Water Resource Conservation (or equivalent).
Semester	1, repeat Summer (view timetable)
Contact	3 hours per week
Subject Description	The objective of this subject is to enable students to gain knowledge of: the ecology and productivity of natural waters and the hydrological cycle; and nutrient cycling processes of waters and sediments and the human impact of these processes. The content includes physical and chemical characteristics and processes occurring in natural waters; chemical profile of natural waters; nutrient cycling and biological processes in waters and sediments; primary and secondary production, measurement and estimation; and entrophication and pollution processes.
Assessment	2-hour examination (60%); project report of 3000 words (40%).

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