300365 SE+UE Course in functional ecology (2008S)
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions at heavily and slightly impacted reaches of the Wien River
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Vorbesprechung am 06.03.2008 um 10 Uhr im Seminarraum Ökologie.Blockkurs: 01.09. bis 10.09.2008
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max. 25 participants
Language: German
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- Johann Waringer
- Martin Dokulil
- Peter Englmaier
- Georg Janauer
- Hubert Keckeis
- Michaela Panzenboeck
- Gabriele Weigelhofer
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Institute for Ecology and Conservation Biology
Time: ten days in September
The course provides insight into ecosystem functions, ecosystem structure and biodiversity patterns in a river continuum changing from a slightly disturbed catchment section to a heavily impacted, urbanized hinterland. During three field excursions the bed morphology, basic hydraulic parameters, retention, vegetational structure, algal associations, macrozoobenthic composition and the fish fauna is explored. In the lab, field measurements and experiments dealing with bacterial activity are analysed; samples are identified and retention, biodiversity indices and morphological feeding group composition is calculated. Finally, the results are presented by students druing the last day.
Evaluation: presentation and written summary.