Z8825 Ecological linkages of streams to adjacent landscape

Faculty of Science
Spring 2019

The course is not taught in Spring 2019

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Karel Brabec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
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
Course objectives
Investigation of running waters as a landscape component allows to combine knowledge developed by various scientific disciplines (landscape ecology, stream ecology, geography) and utilize them for detailed understanding of ecological relationships in fluvial systems. The course aims to stimulate students in exploration of relationships between terrestrial and freshwater environment focusing on substance/material transport and organisms occurrence.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able:
- to describe how stream characteristics are influenced by surrounding landscape and drainage area
- to characterize stream riparian zone in terms of hydrology, vegetation and fauna distribution
- to understand processes and functions of land-water transition (ecotone)
- to discuss topics of case studies - ecological consequences of hydromorphology, land use changes and multiple stress conditions
- to identify features of degraded stream corridors, to estimate detrimental ecological effects and propose rehabilitation measures
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction - concepts, spatial scales of stream ecosystems
  • 2. Catchment characteristics
  • 3. Physical and chemical characteristics
  • 4. Ecological relationships in stream corridors
  • 5. Riparia – hydrological processes
  • 6. Riparia – vegetation
  • 7. Riparia – ecotone characteristics
  • 8. Riparia – fauna
  • 9. Riparia – ecological functions (nutrients, organic matter processing, micro-climatic conditions)
  • 10. Case study 1 – land use
  • 11. Case study 2 – hydromorphology
  • 12. Case study 3 – multiple stressors across spatial scales
  • 13. Complex management and protection 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
  • Changing river channels. Edited by A. M. Gurnell - Geoffrey E. Petts. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1995, xviii, 442. ISBN 0471957275. info
  • Streams and ground waters. Edited by Jeremy Boyd Jones - Patrick J. Mulholland. San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press, 2000, xix, 425. ISBN 0123898455. info
  • BRIDGE, John S. Rivers and floodplains : forms, processes, and sedimentary record. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, x, 491. ISBN 0632064897. info
Teaching methods
lectures, case studies, discussion
Assessment methods
Examination has an oral form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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