812387 Environmental impacts on riverine ecosystems I
- Type
- Seminar
- Semester hours
- 3
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Töchterle, Nikolaus , Graf, Wolfram , Bondar-Kunze, Elisabeth , Schmutz, Stefan , Borgwardt, Florian
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Wintersemester 2023/24
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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Introduction of fish and inertebrate relevant impacts
- Continuum disruptions (longitudinal, lateral, habitat fragmentation, upstream & downstream migration)
- Impoundments (type and size, dam operation, loss of fluvial habitats, effects in different fish regions, temperate versus tropical rivers)
- Reservoir flushing (effects within reservoirs, downstream effects, turbidity, water quality, habitat alteration)
- Hydro-peaking (effects of magnitude, frequency, duration, effects on fish behaviour, stranding effects, differences in life stages, species, fish regions and climatic zones, case studies)
- Water abstraction (effects of magnitude, timing and reduced dynamics, response of life stages, fish species in different fish regions and climatic zones)
- Channelisation (effects of habitat alteration, loss of woody debris, different life stages, species in different fish regions and climatic zones)
- Water quality (incl. cooling water, acute and chronic effects)
- Other and combinded effects (interaction among pressures, land use, temporal and spatial issues)
- Previous knowledge expected
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- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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After successful completion of this module, participants are able to:
•Discuss concepts to assess riverine ecosystem degradation;
•Review methodological approaches to assess environmental and human impacts on riverine ecosystems;
•Understand the effects of climate change on aquatic biota in rivers;
•Apply methods for quantitative and qualitative data analyses including GIS analyses;
•Assess the effects of environmental impacts on fish and benthic invertebrates, as well as on ecosystem services;
•Present and defend own investigation results based on case studies.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.