BIOL - 4590 Aquatic Ecology (2)

Introduces the ecology of streams and lakes, focusing on the biological, physical, and chemical processes that structure aquatic environments. Places particular emphasis on the concept of the watershed, on invertebrate and fish communities of streams, and on the planktonic communities of lakes. Equivalent to BIOL-590. Prerequisites: take BIOL-3322, BIOL-3323. Corequisite course: BIOL-4591.