? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : BIO-4-ECfwecol

Freshwaters makes up less than 1% of the world's water, but play a vital role in life on Earth and they are rich and complex environments in their own right. The physical features of water create and define the habitat template, and the close coupling between physical and biological processes is a characteristic of freshwater ecology. The course will cover a range of key topics, including population dynamics and dispersal, hydrological disturbance, the impact of predators, nutrient dynamics, eutrophication and alternative stable states, and the effects of introduced species.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer. Normally Population & Community Ecology 3 is required.

Home subject area

Ecology, (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 45 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 20/09/2007 09:00 12:00 Room 3, Crew Building Annexe KB

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Thursday 09:00 12:00 KB

Understanding of course content and ability to apply this to novel problems in biology

Essay (3000 words); 2 hours written exam in December

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Helen McKeating
Tel : (0131 6)50 5430
Email : Helen.McKeating@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Jill Lancaster
Tel : (0131 6)50 5413
Email : J.Lancaster@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/