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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
Unit aim
The unit Wetland Ecosystems provides an understanding of the structure, functioning and importance of aquatic ecosystems in freshwater environments and emphasises the need for their careful management. The importance of water as the medium for abiotic and biotic components needs to be recognised in order to understand the effects of human influence on aquatic ecosystems.
Unit content
The following topics will be discussed:
- the aquatic environment
- wetland hydrology
- wetland chemistry
- wetland biology
- wetland habitats
- human use and conservation of wetland ecosystems
- palaeolimnology
- management of wetland ecosystems.
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | describe the major physical, chemical and biological characteristics of wetland ecosystems including natural, artificial and disturbed systems | |||||||
2 | discuss human impacts upon wetland ecosystems and related management issues | |||||||
3 | demonstrate research skills in the field | |||||||
4 | prepare concise and accurate reports on wetland ecosystems and contribute to the rational management of aquatic resources |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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describe the major physical, chemical and biological characteristics of wetland ecosystems including natural, artificial and disturbed systems
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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discuss human impacts upon wetland ecosystems and related management issues
- GA3:
- GA4:
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demonstrate research skills in the field
- GA1:
- GA3:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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prepare concise and accurate reports on wetland ecosystems and contribute to the rational management of aquatic resources
- GA1:
- GA3:
- GA4:
- GA5:
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.