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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

13087 (v.7) Aquatic Ecosystems 201

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Area: Department of Environment and Agriculture
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 1 x 14 Hours Quarterly
Prerequisite(s): 312364 (v.1) Aquatic Systems 101 or any previous version
Syllabus: Ecology of marine and freshwater aquatic environments. Relationship between aquatic communities and their physical environment. Aquaculture pond ecology. Principles of population dynamics in aquatic ecosystems. Stock recruitment in wild stock fisheries. Effects of predator and prey interactions with emphasis on polyculture aquatic systems and wild stock fisheries. Comparison production economics of polyculture and monoculture systems.
Field of Education: 050100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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