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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies at its meeting on June 15, 1982 gives rise to the following 

motion:- 

MOTION: 

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board of Governors, as set forth in 5.82-73 

the proposed new course 

414-3 - .Limnology." 

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Department: Biological Sc ten 

Ahlrvi.ition 

Code: 

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Course Number: 414 

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CredIt Hours: 

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'J.ctor: 2O 

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1A MNOLOC,Y 

.i1. idar Description of Course: 

chemical and physical features of lakes and other inland waters. 

Pjrticular 

to an examination of 

('.ui-iIa and thc impact of human activities on them. .I.tcal field 

pint of the lahoratory work. 

Nafute of Course Lecture and Limnology Laboratory 

(or special instructions) 

Rvcouirni'nded that students have BISC 

306

and/or BISC 326 and/or BISC 329. 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this dourse 

pp roved. ? 

N0NF; 

frequiiitly will the course be offered? One semester per 

ear or as required. 

:;me;ter In which the course will first be offered? 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

psu;ib1c? ? 

Dr. Glen 

II..Ceen 

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of the Course 

teach 

atudentb 

about 

aland waters with an emphasis on the I i... dd planktc' 

communities and the impact of biological, chemical and physical parameters on 

their productivity. 

'. To make students aware of the impact of human activities on inland waters. 

3. To familiarize students with representative plants and animals in inland water 

and to introduce them to appropriate methods for working in lakes and streams. 

and Space Requirements (for information only) 

iiat akiitionui resources will be required in the following 

aLeas: 

NONE 

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:tis 71-34b:- (Whn completing this form, for instructions see Meurandwn SCUS 73-348 

Course Outline - Proposed New Undergraduate Course LIMNOLOCY BISC 414 

Lectures 

These 

are intended to introduce the student to the biological, 

and

features 

of lakes and streams. 

1.

Introduction to relevance of limnology and recent trends. 

2.

Structure of water and its 

characteristics of particular 

interest. 

3.

Luke and stream origin. 

4.

Lake morphometry and its use as a predictor of production. 

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Light, ttmperature and water movements In lakes. 

6.

Dissolved gases. 

7.

Total. d1co1ved solids, nutrient cycles and eutrophication. 

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Lake cc.iur.un It I es and food webs. 

9.

Stream organisms and their adaptations. 

Canadian lake studies. 

Laboratories 

Laboratory work will focus on 

a)

Physical and 

chemical features of lakes 

(4

laboratory sessions). 

b)

Field survey and sampling methods 

(2 field trips). 

c)

Identification of principal components of the plant and animal populations 

in coastal B. C. 

lakes and streams. 

d)

Assessment of variability in samples obtained 

in

lakes and streams. 

Reserve Book 

List for l.iology 

Colterman, H. 1975. 

Physiological limnology: an approach to the physiology 

of lake ecosystems. 

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Qil 96 C 64 

Hutchinson, C. E. A 

Treatise on Limnology V. 1, 

V. 2, 

V. 3. 

Ruttuer, F. 

Fundamentals of Linmology. 

lnweider, R. 1969. A manual on methods for measuring primary production 

In aquatic environments. 

Welch, P. S. 1948. 

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Limnological Methods. 

1Ivn, 11. B. N. 1970. The ecology of running waters. 

Hynes, H. B. N. Biology of 

polluted waters. 

Frey, D. C. 1963. Lixnnology in 

North America. 

R. C. 1975. Limnology. 

Wetze], R. C. and Libens, C. E. 1979. Limnological Analyses. 

Vallentyne, J. R. 1974. The 

Algal Bowl. 

E. 1965. 

Algal Cultures and Phytoplankton Ecology. 

Course Outline - 

Proposed New Undergraduate Course - L1OLOCY B1SC 414 

Relevant Periodicals for Limnolo 

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gy

Course 

Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 

Limnology and Oceanography 

Ecology 

American Natural iut 

Science 

Ilydrobiologia 

Journal of Ecology 

Journal of 

Fisheries 

Research Board of Canada 

Transactions of 

the American Fisheries Society 

Canadian Journal of Zoology 

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International Rev. ges. Hydrobiologie 

Archl y 

fur

Hydrobiologie 

PLEASE NOTE: 

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I1IIS COURSE HAS BEEN OFFERED AS 

SPECIAL TOPICS IN 

78-2, 79-1, 19-3 and 81-1 WITA ENROLMENTS OF 

7, 17, 9 and 

7

respectively. 