The unit focuses on the impacts of human use on marine and freshwater ecosystems, how to assess these impacts, and the methods of rehabilitation and management of multiple-use ecosystems. Topics to be addressed in this unit include water resources; water use; influence of land use transition on water resources; non-point sources and the interrelationships between aquatic ecosystems and catchments; translocation and restocking; the effects of catchment disturbance on aquatic communities; eutrophication and salinity; regulated streams and water extraction; wetlands and coastal disturbance; water quality management; lake, stream and marine ecosystem rehabilitation; and environmental flows. -- Course Website
Instructor: D Ierodiaconou
Prerequisites: Any two level 2 SBB, SLE, SQB, SQE or SQP units
