COURSE SYLLABUS

LIMNOLOGY

1	Course Title:	LIMNOLOGY
2	Course Code:	BYL3008
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. NURHAYAT DALKIRAN
16	Course Lecturers:	Dr. öğr. üyesi Didem KARACAOĞLU
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer/BURSA 16059 e-posta: dalkiran@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0 224 294 17 86 Uludag University Faculty of Arts and Science Department of Biology Gorukle Campus, Nilufer/BURSA 16059 e-mail: sdere@uludag.edu.tr Phone: 0 224 294 18 86
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of the course is to teach importance and working area of Limnology, to recognize physical and chemical structure of aquatic ecosystems and their importance, to teach the features of lentic and lotic systems and to understand their differences, to teach different aquatic organisms, to teach relationships among aquatic organisms and physicochemical variables of the water, to teach environmental effects of corrupting the physical, chemical and biological balance in the aquatic ecosystem, to teach solving the ecological problems.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Explains the meaning and significance of limnology.;
2	Explains the relationship between people and aquatic ecosystem.;
3	Defines some properties of water which the living lives in. ;
4	Explains lakes’s physical, chemical and ecologic properties.;
5	Explains stream’s physical, chemical and ecologic properties;
6	Explains physical, biologic and chemical properties of water, the organisms live in water, and relationship among them.;
7	Explains aquatic ecosystem as a whole.;
8	Explains food chain and energy flow in aquatic ecosystem, biomass and productivity concepts. ;
9	Evaluates limnology methods and tools.;
10	Analyzes causes of organic and inorganic environmental contamination which may be occurs in aquatic ecosystem, contamination’s effects on the living.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Entrance; the history of limnology
2	Some properties of water
3	Some properties of water
4	Classification of inland-water; Lakes’s physical properties.
5	Classification of inland-water; Lake water’s chemical properties.
6	Classification of inland-water; ecological areas in lakes.
7	Classification of inland-water; streams (lotic systems).
8	Streams ( lotic systems); physicochemical variables of streams.
9	Classification of the freshwater organisms; monera, protista, aquatic plants.
10	general discussion
11	Classification of the freshwater organisms; aquatic animals.
12	Ecosystem, energy and productivity in inland waters.
13	Field study; limnology methods and tools.
14	Contamination in inland waters.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	J.TANYOLAÇ, Limnoloji Tatlı Su Bilimi, Hatipoğlu Yayınevi, 290pp, 2009. R.S.K. BARNES and K.H. MANN (Eds) Fundamentals of Aquatic Ecology, Blackwell Scientific Publications, London, 270pp.,1991. Demirsoy A. (1999). Yaşamın Temel Kuralları; Omurgasızlar=Invertebrata. Böcekler dışında- Cilt II- Kısım I. Meteksan Aş. Ankara Demirsoy A. (1999). Yaşamın Temel Kuralları; Entomoloji Cilt II- Kısım II. Meteksan Aş. Ankara Needham J. G. and P. R. Needham (1962). A Guide to the Study of Fresh-Water Biology, McGraw-Hill Inc., USA, 108pp. Willoughby L. G. (1980). Freshwater Biology, 167pp. Williams G. (1987) Techniques and Fieldwork in Ecology, Harper Collins publ., 156pp.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High