Hydrobiology

Types of aquatic habitat; ecological adaptations to aquatic life and their interactions. The physical properties of water, water movement and dissolved substance in natural water, their relation to the structure, functioning and community composition of aquatic ecosystems, measurement of hydrological parameters. Basic treatment of immunochemical methods. EPA standard requirements. Water quality criteria. The ecology of plankton and aquatic macrophytes. Primary production and structure of food weds in aquatic ecosystems. Practical study of the characteristic communities of the following habitats; a forest stream, a large river, riverine swamp forest pools, a man-made pond, mangrove creek and puddles. Physical and chemical hydrobiology. Presentation and interpretation of hydrobiological data. Primary production in aquatic ecosystems. Zooplankton dynamics. Structures and ecology of benthic communities. Selected topics on the biology of nekton. The biology of aquatic pollution.