spring 2020 BIO-3518 Limnology - 5 ECTS
Course content
The course gives an introduction to the most important physical and chemical factors and processes in freshwater environments as a foundation for understanding ecological patterns. The emphasis is put on lakes, and the following themes are covered: characteristics of water, origins of lakes, light in inland waters, fate of heat, oxygen, inorganic carbon, the cycles of nitrogen and phosphorus, and water movement.Error rendering component
- About the course
- Campus: Tromsø |
- ECTS: 5
- Course code: BIO-3518
- Responsible unit
- Institutt for arktisk og marin biologi