ENV 2260 Limnology

Limnology is the interdisciplinary study of inland waters including lakes, wetlands, ground. water, and streams. This lecture portion of this course will serve as an introduction to the geological, physical, chemical, and biological processes that form and maintain these aquatic systems. Environmental threats to these systems will also be covered. Students will gain hands-on field and laboratory experience sampling aquatic systems, measuring and interpreting important limnological variables and identifying aquatic organisms during the laboratory portion of the course. 3 hours lecture weekly.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Prerequisite: ENV 1020

Distribution

Biology/Chemistry/Environmental