41415 - Introduction to Water and Aquatic Environment Management Modulübersicht

Module Number: 41415 - module is no longer offered from WS 2011/12
Module Title:Einführung in Wassermanagement und wasserbezogenes Umweltmanagement
 
Department: Faculty 4 - Environmental Sciences and Process Engineering
Responsible Staff Member:
  • apl. Prof. PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Molkenthin, Frank
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:Deeper understanding of aquatic ecological structures and functions in lakes and rivers, interaction of abiotic and biotic processes, interaction of biogeochemical cycles and water quality, processes connecting major impacts and water quality. European dimension in water management.
Contents:

Water issues in the world (such as floods, draughts, sanitation, water supply, irrigation). Operational management of the aquatic environment. Ecological, physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the aquatic environment and the related artificial infrastructure/constructions.

Part lakes: Physical and chemical properties of freshwaters, importance of morphological structures and abiotic parameters for biological colonization and ecological functions, mixis regimes, typology of lakes, food webs, primary production and respiration, metabolic strategies and matter fluxes (carbon and nutrients), role of sediments, freshwater acidification, water quality and its assessment, EU Water Framework Directive and the ecological assessment of freshwaters.

Part streams and rivers: Abiotic factors, channel characteristics, streams as ecosystems, functional compartments, riparian zone and floodplain, hyporheic zone and biofilms, importance of connectivity, selected organisms and their significance to ecology and water management, sources, pathways and turnover of organic matter, processes of self-purification and quality assessment.

Case studies from professional projects: Flood protection and management, Ecology and development of waters; EU water framework directive, water rights; Evaluation methods.

Recommended Prerequisites:None
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Exercise / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 90 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:see http://euroaquae.tu-cottbus.de
Module Examination:Unspecified - Specification from winter semester 2016/17 required!
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:oral and written examination
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • no assignment
Remarks:Lecturers: Mutz and Sieker (external)
Module Components:

410203 VL Water Quality Modelling and Management of Freshwater Ecosystems
420326 VL Impacts on surface waters and water management
841026 Prüfung Water Quality Modelling and Management of Freshwater Ecosystems

 

Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment
Follow-up Module/s: Phase-out module since: 10.05.2011