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| YHEY2018 | Limnology | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mehmet KOCABAŞ | | Co-Lecturer | Yrf.Doç.Dr.Mehmet KOCABAŞ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to comprehend the science of immunology; inland water ecosystems, communities of relationships, and learn of each other; inland waters is to comprehend the effects of pollution and.
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | History of limnology and some properties of water
| | | | LO - 2 : | Water hydrologic cycle, classification of inland waters
| | | | LO - 3 : | Physical properties of lakes
| | | | LO - 4 : | The formation of deposits in streams, water resources, river systems, classification, stream parameters
| | | | LO - 5 : | Current types, channel types, river basins, rivers physico-chemical variability
| | | | LO - 6 : | Inland water pollution and limnological research tools and methods
| | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Characteristics of water, aquatic organisms (algae, plankton, benthos, nekton); inland waters ecosystems, energy and productivity, lentic and lotic ecosystems, lakes formations, the morphological structure of lakes, lake parameters, the physical structure of lakes, the chemical structure of lakes, lakes of biological structure, heat stratification, water movements in lakes, ponds communities of organisms (plankton, nekton, benthos, pleuston), food chain dynamics, productivity, eutrophication, lentic system types and methods. Types of streams, rivers parameters, rivers, physical, chemical and biological structures, stream organisms, methods, and application techniques limnological surveys, field and laboratory studies. |
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| 1 | Limnoloji, Cirik, S., Cirik, Ş., Ege Üniversitesi, İzmir, 2008. | | | |
| 1 | Limnology: by Charles R. Goldman and Alexander J. Home, 1983. McGraw- Hill. Book Company, New York. | | | 2 | Limnology: Paul S. Welch, 1952. McGraw- Hill.Book Company, New York. | | | 3 | Limnology: Robert G. Wetzel, 1973. W. B. Saunders Coımpany, London. | | | 4 | Lımnological Analyses: by R. G. Wetzel and G. E. Likens, 2000. Springer- Verlag, New York. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | | 30 | | Presentation | 10
12 | | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 15
16 | | | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 1.3 | 14 | 18.2 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 44.2 |
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