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Overview
What you will study
This Aquatic Ecology and Management course offered by Cranfield University covers topics related to ecological processes, species distribution and community structure, function and how they can change and it provides the necessary understanding of the appropriate methods to quantify aquatic ecological attributes which have become of central importance to environmental management of water bodies.
On successful completion of this course you should be able to:
- Explain the key elements of aquatic ecosystems in the landscape,
- Describe the linkage between biological, chemical and hydro-morphological attributes of a water body,
- Discuss the ecological and hydromorphological processes that determine the ecological status of a water body,
- Explain how aquatic related organism occurrence, distribution and movement are determined by the aquatic landscape,
- Compare methods to determine ecological attributes and construct a monitoring plan relevant to the location, species and spatial temporal scale of investigation.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Lentic (still water) and lotic (running water) ecosystems,
- Aquatic ecosystem elements within the landscape (e.g. rivers, lakes, floodplains, estuaries and coastal zones),
- Spatial and temporal scale in aquatic systems,
- Energy movement through the ecosystem (e.g. food web and trophic dynamics),
- Methods to quantify aquatic systems and their attributes (e.g. river hydromorphology; lake community structure),
- How humans influence lentic and lotic ecosystems,
- Field sampling techniques and design of survey/monitoring programmes for aquatic ecosystem status.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 days
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Hydrology & Water Management Ecology View 11 other Short Courses in Ecology in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- No requirements needed.
Tuition Fee
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International
500 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 500 GBP for the full programme during 1 days. -
National
500 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 500 GBP for the full programme during 1 days.
Funding
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