Winona
State
University
BIOL 420/520 - LIMNOLOGY
Class
Meeting
Schedule
Lecture/Lab:
MW
10:00-11:00, T or Th 8:00-12:00
Pasteur Hall 225 or Lake Winona or Mississippi River or other
lakes/ponds
Instructor
Neal
D. Mundahl
Office
and
Office Hours
Pasteur Hall 250- MWF 8-9, 11-12, MW 1-3
Telephone
(507) 457-5695
Texts
"Limnology" by Kalff
"A Lake Winona Compendium" by Fremling
and Heins
Evaluation
Three lecture
exams of equal value - 300 points total
Five lab
exercises
of equal value - 100 points total
One lab
paper
- 100 points
Additional requirement for graduate students only (BIOL 520):
Students
enrolled
for graduate credit will be required to gather data from a different
body of water not examined in class, and using the same procedures
from one of
the six lab exercises, gather data and write a complete report
pertaining to
their findings for their new body of water (100 points).
Grading
A percentage of the points earned out of the total possible points will be calculated for each student. To be certain of earning the grade of your choice, you should strive for the following percentages: A - 90%, B - 80%, C- 70%, D - 60%.
Lecture
schedule
and required readings
Physical/Chemical
Limnology
Introduction, properties of water - Chapters 1-3
Lake origins and morphometry - Chapters 6-7
Light, heat, density layering, and water movements - Chapters 10-12
*** Monday, 25 September - Exam #1
Oxygen, carbon (inorganic, organic), and salinity - Chapter 10
Nitrogen and phosphorus - Chapter 10
Biological Limnology
Ecosystem structure and productivity - Chapter 21
Bacteria
- Chapter 22
Phytoplankton -
Chapter 21
Macrophytes - Chapter 24
*** Monday, 30 October - Exam #2
Zooplankton and benthos - Chapters 23, 25
Fish - Chapter 26
More Important Limnological Stuff
Lake succession
Cultural
eutrophication - Chapter 21 (p. 341-345)
Lotic systems - Chapter 8, wetlands - Chapter 24 (p. 410-412) (maybe
if we have
time)
*** Wednesday, 6 December, 8:00 AM-Exam #3
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