{"id":58,"date":"2015-10-06T09:08:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/fbe-604-aquatic-ecosystems-and-stream-ecology\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T15:43:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:43:16","slug":"fbe-604-aquatic-ecosystems-and-stream-ecology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/study\/fbe-604-aquatic-ecosystems-and-stream-ecology","title":{"rendered":"FBE 604\tAquatic Ecosystems and Stream Ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Learning Outcomes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">At the end of the course students should be able to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Understanding the diverse ways that aquatic ecosystems function and factors that shape them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Understanding the application of ecological principles to the management of aquatic ecosystems including lakes, rivers and watersheds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Learning the techniques used to quantify key aquatic ecosystem processes, and approaches to studying aquatic ecosystems and their dynamics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Course Content<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Aquatic ecosystem functioning and management, physical processes that shape aquatic ecosystems, foundation of stream ecology, the concepts underlying fluvial ecosystems, stream flow, fluvial geomorphology, stream water chemistry, the abiotic environment of streams, primary producers in aquatic ecosystems, detrital energy sources, trophic relationships, species interactions, lotic communities, nutrient dynamics, human interactions with aquatic ecosystems and impacts, stream ecosystem metabolism, conservation and management of aquatic ecosystems, application of ecological principles in the management of aquatic ecosystems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Required Reading<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Allan D.J and Castillo M.M., 2007. Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running water 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Ed. Springer. Netherlands 436pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Recommended Reading<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Groom M.J., Meffe G.K. and Caroll, C.R. 2006. Principles of Conservation Biology. Sinaner Associates, Sunderland 3<sup>rd<\/sup> edition.779p<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Neil B., Hales D.J., Underwood E., Dinerstein E., Olson D., Schipper I.J. and Newmark R. 2004. Terrestrial Eco-regions of Africa and Madagascar. A Conservation Assessment. 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