Course code

MLB6903.LT

old course code

MLB6903

Course title in Estonian

Hüdrobioloogia

Course title in English

Hydrobiology

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Major. A survey is given of the relationships between the living and non-living elements of water environments.

Brief description of the course

Living organisms in water environments. Body size, metabolism, growth and production. Accumulations of hydrobionts: plankton, benthos, nekton. Hydrodynamic basis of plankton productivity and the controlling factors. Vertical and horizontal transport. Upwellings and their impact on hydrobionts. Shore- and open sea communities. Nutrient reserves of deep water populations. Lakes and oceans as functional wholes.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
By completing the assignements of the course, the students should:
Have assessed the knowledge of the coexistence of organisms in water environments;
Know the hydrodynamic basis of planktion productivity and the controlling factors;
Describe the differences of shore and open sea communities;
Know the nutrient reserves of deep water populations;
Be able to analyse the functional unity and pecularity of lakes and oceans;
Have the knowledge of water bodies protection.

Teacher

emeriitprof Henn Kukk

Prerequisite course 1

General Ecology (MLB6035.LT)

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/14.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/14.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/13.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/13.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/12.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/12.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/11.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/11.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/10.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/10.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/09.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/09.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/08.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/08.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/00.LT)