lök230 - Aquatic Ecology (Complete module description)

Application of vegetation and landscape ecological fieldmethods in dynamic habitats at land-water interfaces (e.g. coastal and riparian ecosystesms). Integration of spatially and temporally explicit data using R and GIS. Interpretation of the collected data regarding restoration potential and European conservation goals.

Vegetation ecology and conservation of land-water interfaces: Integrating field, laboratory and GIS methods

This module consists of a blocked 4 day field practical where you will collect spatial data on the vegetation ecology and ecosystem functioning of riparian and coastal habitats in Lower Saxony. Further analysis may be conducted in the laboratory. These data will be processed during regular practical sessions using to produce an assessed final report. Finally, findings will be discussed in a seminar setting for their relevance to ecosystem service provisioning, conservation and restoration of habitats at land-water interfaces in a changing climate. This seminar will cover marshes and coastal meadows, beaches and coastal dunes, lake shores, mangroves or riparian floodplains

Geländeübung geblockt, Labor und Datenanalyse Übung wöchentlich

Before the end of the module

1 assignment; Active participation in seminars and exercises