Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ECOLOGICAL QUALITY OF SURFACE WATER RESOURCES 801700805610 2 + 2 3.0 10.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Ayşe Nilsun DEMİR
Assistants
Goals This lecture aims general physical, chemical quality parameters, hydromorphological quality elements and biological quality elements using for the determination of ecological status of surface water resources.
Course Content . It explains Water Framework Directive and other regulations for the management of surface water bodies in Turkey. It also contain the methods for determination of ecological quality in inland water bodies such as rivers, lakes, artificial and heavily modified water bodies, transitional waters and coastal zone, determination of water bodies, typology, reference areas, sampling and monitoring criteria and indexes for phytoplankton, phytobenthos, fish, macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, the precautions and restoration for the recovery of ecological quality.
Learning Outcomes 1) Discusses the importance of monitoring pollution and the improtance of water resources.
2) Evaluates the use of biological methods with physical methods and chemical methods fro pollution monitoring.
3) Develops ideas on the best monitoring methods for the different water resources

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
Macroalgae and angiosperms Lecture
Colloquium
Storyline 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
Phytobenthos and diatoms Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Project Based Learning 		Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
1. Week Introduction Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Water bodies Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning 		Homework
3. Week Reference areas Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
4. Week Methods for the estimation of ecological quality Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Operational monitoring and observations Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Ecological quality in rivers Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Ecological quality units in lakes Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Storyline 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Ecological quality units in coastal waters Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Scenario Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Phytoplankton Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Phytobenthos and diatoms Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Macroalgae and angiosperms Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Bentic macroinvertebrates Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Fish as a quality unit Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Potential and plannings Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Anonim (2013). Su Kalitesi Yönetimi Çalışma Grubu Raporu. Ormancılık ve Su Şurası, 21-23 Mart 2013.
Anonim, (2003). Su Çerçeve Direktifi’nin Türkiye’de Uygulanması Uygulama El Kitabı. Grantmij Advies & Techniek bv Vestiging Utrect, Houten.
Cooke, G.D., Welch, E.B., Peterson, S.A., Newroth, P.R. (1993). Restoration and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs. 2nd Edition, Lewis P., Florida.
Dell’Uomo, A., Torrisi, M. (2011). The eutrophication/pollution index-Diatom based (EPI-D) and three new related indices for monitoring rivers: a case study of the river Potenza (the Marches, Italy). Plant Biosystems, 145 (2), 331-341.
Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J., Kantzaris, V., Katharios, P. (2003). An application of different bioindicators for assessing water quality: a case study in the rivers Alfeios and Pineios, Ecological Indicators, 2(106), 345-360.
Kuhar, U., Germ, M., Gaberschik, A., Urbanik, G. (2011). Development of a river macrophyte index (RMI) for assessing river ecological status, Limnologica, 41, 235-243.
Padisak, J., Grigorszky, I., Borics, G., Soroczki-Pinter, E. (2006). Use of phytoplakton assemblages for monitoring ecological status of lakes within the Water Framework Directives: the assemblage index, Hydrobiologia, 553, 1-14.
Wallin, M., Wiederholm, T., Johnson, R.K. (2002). Guidance on establishing reference conditions and ecological status class boundaries for inland surface waters. Produced by CIS Working Group 2.3 – REFCOND.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Homework 5 5
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 3 5
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 3 6
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 2 5
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 14 2
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 10 2
Seminar 1 2
Quiz 5 2
Time to prepare for Quiz 5 1
Midterm Exam 2 2
Final Exam 1 3
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 6
1 2
3 5
1 4
2 5
14 2
Total Workload
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