812353 River habitat and landscape assessment (in Eng.)

Art
Vorlesung und Übung
Semesterstunden
2
Vortragende/r (Mitwirkende/r)
Organisation
Angeboten im Semester
Wintersemester 2022/23
Unterrichts-/ Lehrsprachen
Englisch
Lehrinhalt

Understanding the goals of habitat and river landscape assessment, becoming familiar with assessment methods on different spatial scales, getting to know different international/national assessment methods

Fieldwork: Application of different methods on small scale in groups of 4-5 students
(1) Assessment of river-floodplain system: identification of aquatic and terrestrial habitats (2) abiotic parameters: flow velocity, water depth and substrate pattern (3) biotic parameters: vegetation
Data input, data analyses and documentation
Inhaltliche Voraussetzungen (erwartete Kenntnisse)

GIS
Lehrziel

•Explain different national and international hydromorphological assessment methods
•Identify key-habitats of river landscapes for hydromorphological assessments
•Apply hydromorphological assessment methods in the field by using various techniques and instruments
•Plan, prepare and realise an areal field mapping with data input and analyses
•Analyse hydromorphological data sets with GIS
•Evaluate hydromorphological data sets with regard to specific assessment goals
•Propose suitable hydromorphological monitoring methods for specific monitoring goals and spatial scales
•Present the assessment results
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