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The course examines the interactions between climate, hydrology, geomorphology, ecology, biogeochemical cycling, water and habitat quality and biodiversity; an important aspect of the training will be an understanding of how these interactions act at different spatial and temporal scales to influence the structure and function of ecosystems in running waters; this scientific and technical corpus allows students to understand and quantify the consequences of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on river systems.
Water quality monitoring; fluvial geomorphology; river ecology; river assessment and biomonitoring; hydrology and biogeochemical cycling in rivers; advances in water sciences; river restoration.
| Starting | How long | Days you attend | Details | Where | Class info | Price |
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Sep |
1 years |
Part-time | No application date provided |
Birmingham, B15 2TT |
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Taught
University of Birmingham
Environmental Management, River Engineering
I loved going to this university it was the best decision i ever made!...more
2 Hotcourses user(s) found the following review helpful.There are very many enthusiastic lecturers and class teachers to help make this course interesting. the course iteself has many different modules, it has a statistic based module, a european module, "pure" maths , environmental economics, f...more
The course is easy as long as you put the work in. Lecture time is minimal, around 5 hours per week, so the majority of the work is done on your own, at home, preparing for the lectures. some basic knowledge of the subject is useful, but no...more
The course was demanding to say the least, encouraged self-study as well as attending more lectures than most courses, of which the majority were interesting and relevant to the course. I found that the lecturers were easy to approach and a...more
1 Hotcourses user(s) found the following review helpful.A well paced course with plenty of options to cater for all interests. Challenging, as you would expect, with a fantastic range of staff interests. Includes Russian language course - from non-speaker to fairly fluent reader in one year....more
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