Course Description
The structure and function of running waters from ecosystem, community, population, and organismal levels, including discussion of the physical and chemical processes that impact stream-inhabiting organisms with a focus on macroinvertebrates, and discussion of ecological responses of freshwater organisms in association with water quality deterioration and habitat restoration. The laboratory will focus on a semester-long project to develop a biological, hydrological and chemical description of a local stream (4 credits. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week).
Notes:
- Also offered as MEES 633
- Credit will be granted for only one of the following:
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