Universität Wien

300091 PP Biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems (2011S)

10.00 ECTS (6.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung am 1.März 2011, Seminarraum Ökologie, 15.00-16.00 Uhr.
Blockveranstaltung im September 2011

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).

Details

max. 12 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course confronts students with key ecosystem processes of grasslands on different sites and differing vegetation composition.

Assessment and permitted materials

Practical work in the field and in the laboratory. Presentation of group work in oral and written form.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This class aims at a deeper understanding of the major terrestrial ecosystem processes and functions, and helps understand the many intimate links between water, carbon and nutrients cycles on the example of temperate grasslands.

Examination topics

Practical work in the field combined with chemical analyses in the laboratory. Oral presentation (seminar). Students will undertake measurements of ecosystem gas exchange (water and carbon dioxide), analyze the biomass distribution of plants and microbes, and the nutrient content and cycling in different ecosystem compartments. Results will be integrated and interpreted at the ecosystem level.

Reading list


Association in the course directory

B-BOE 12, B-BOE 13, B-BPF 9, B-BPF 10, BOE 10, BOE 11, BOE 12, BPF 9

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