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290039 VU Wetland Biogeochemistry (2023S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 06.02.2023 09:00 to Mo 20.02.2023 09:00
Registration is open from We 22.02.2023 09:00 to Mo 27.02.2023 09:00
Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2023 23:59

Details

max. 20 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Further mandatory dates of this course:
- 16.3.23 10-12 o'clock (in the Geoecology lab - incl. safety instructions)
- 23.3.23 9-12 o'clock (in the Geoecology lab)
- 30.3.23 9-12 o'clock (in the Geoecology lab but start in room 2C315!)
- 20.04.23 field day (whole day!)
- 3 & 4.05.23 9-12 o'clock (in the Geoecology lab)

Thursday 02.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
Thursday 30.03. 09:00 - 09:30 Friedrich Becke Seminarraum 2C315 3.OG UZA II
Thursday 25.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 2A310 3.OG UZA II
Thursday 29.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 2A310 3.OG UZA II

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Advanced knowledge of ecosystem functioning and biogeochemical processes in wetlands. This knowledge will be delivered with a mixture of lecture, field and laboratory work. After an introduction on wetland types and wetland specific ecosystem processes, vegetation and soils will be mapped in the National Park Donau-Auen and samples will be analysed in the laboratory for soil parameters and soil processes.
The overall goal of the field day is to determine the extent to which current vegetation dynamics reflect rapidly changing conditions, whether there are ecosystem services there that should be considered for site assessment, and what recommendations for management can be derived.

Assessment and permitted materials

Report 60%
Presentation: 40%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Presentation and Report documenting good understanding of wetland biogeochemistry:
• Exhaustive and fully correct report and presentation: 1,
• Good and correct report and presentation: 2,
• Report and presentation lacking some issues or containing some mistakes: 3,
• Report and presentation considerably lacking issues and containing mistakes: 4,
• Report and presentation lacking important issues and containing fundamental mistakes: 5

Examination topics

Reading list

DeLaune, Reddy, K. ., Richardson, C. ., & Megonigal, J. . (2015). Methods in biogeochemistry of wetlands. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780891189619

Finlayson, C.M., Milton, C.R., Prentice, R.C., Davidson, N.C. (Eds.), (2018): The Wetland Book. Springer, 2238 p.

Keddy, P. (2010): Wetland Ecology. Principles and Conservation. Cambridge University Press. 497 p.

Mitsch, W.J., & Gosselink, J.G. (2015): Wetlands, 5th edition,
Wiley, 747 p.

Association in the course directory

(MG-S1-PI) (MG-S2-PI) (MG-W2-PI) (MG21 APF ECOLSPEC)

Last modified: We 22.03.2023 13:09