302438 (v.2) Aquatic Systems Management 502

Area:

Department of Environmental Biology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Chemical, physical and biological assessment of water quality, effluents and water quality, ecotoxicology, ecological indicators and biomonitoring of water quality. Aquatic - freshwater and coastal marine survey techniques, assessment, restoration of degraded systems and management strategies of aquatic systems.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit, students will have gained the ability to use appropriate analytical techniques or instrumentation for water quality assessment, particularly with regard to nutrients, specific ions and selected chemicals. They willhave gained sufficient knowledge to explain and carry out procedures for assessing the risk associated with various effluents received by water bodies from industrial, agricultural and urban sources, carry out a biological survey of a wetland or coastal marine ecosystem, involving vegetation mapping and appropriate physical measurements, explain the use of biological indicators of water quality and be able to participate in biomonitoring of an aquatic ecosystem and explain various symptoms and causes of aquatic ecosystem degradation and discuss procedures which are used in restoring degraded ecosystems and management strategies.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

No prescribed references.

Unit Texts:

Boulton, A.J. & Brock, M.A., 1999, 'Australian Freshwater Ecology Process and Management'. Gleneagles Publishing, South Australia. John, J., 'Ecology and management of the Swan River Estuary', Environmental Studies Group, Curtin University.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Lab Reports and Assignments 50%. Final Examination 50%.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y