PřF:Z8825 Riparia – stream corridors - Course Information
Z8825 Ecological linkages of streams to adjacent landscape
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Karel Brabec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marek Lang, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Karel Brabec, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Karel Brabec, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Thu 13:00–13:50 Z2,01032
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Physical geography (programme PřF, N-FYG)
- Physical Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Course objectives
- Studies of streams as a landscape component utilize the knowledge from various disciplines (landscape ecology, stream ecology, geography) to detailed understanding of complex relationships in fluvial ecosystems. The course aims to support student's interests in relationships between freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems in terms of matter fluxes and distributional patterns of biota.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able:
- to describe how stream characteristics are affected by adjacent land and by watershed
- to characterize riparian zone of streams in terms of hydrology, vegetation and faunal distribution
- to have an overview on processes and functions of land/water ecotone
- to discuss on case studies dealing with ecological consequences of hydromorphology, land use changes and multiple stress effects
- to identify features of degraded river corridors, to assess their ecological effects and to propose rehabilitation strategies - Syllabus
- 1. Structure and dynamics of stream network
- 2. Watershed characteristics
- 3. Physical and chemical parameters
- 4. Biological relationships in stream corridor
- 5. Riparia – hydrological processes
- 6. Riparia – ecotone principles
- 7. Riparia – vegetation
- 8. Riparia – fauna
- 9. Riparia – ecological functions (nutrient fluxes, decomposition, microclimatic effects)
- 10. Case study 1 – land use
- 11. Case study 2 – hydromorphology
- 12. Case study 3 – multiple stressor effects and role of spatial scales
- 13. Complex management and conservation of riverine landscape
- Literature
- NAIMAN, Robert J., H. DÉCAMPS and Michael E. MCCLAIN. Riparia : ecology, conservation, and management of streamside communities. Edited by Gene E. Likens. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, 2005, xv, 430. ISBN 0126633150. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures and discussion on case studies
- Assessment methods
- Examination has an oral form.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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