Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject Limnology Code 00206050
Study programme
0206 - GRADO EN BIOLOGÍA
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
3 Optional Fourth Second
Language
Castellano
Prerequisites
Department BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL
Coordinador
FERNÁNDEZ ALÁEZ , MARÍA DEL CAMINO
E-mail mcfera@unileon.es
fgarc@unileon.es
jogarg@unileon.es
Lecturers
FERNÁNDEZ ALÁEZ , MARÍA DEL CAMINO
GARCÍA CRIADO , FRANCISCO
GARCIA GIRON , JORGE
Web http://
General description Inland waters: Their distribution and origin. Physical and chemical processes in inland waters. Aquatic communities: composition, structure and trophic interactions. The structural characteristics and functioning of inland waters. Main disturbances affect to inland waters.
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL BECARES MANTECON , ELOY
Secretario BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL MARCOS PORRAS , ELENA MARIA
Vocal BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL VALBUENA RELEA , MARIA LUZ
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL CALVO GALVAN , LEONOR
Secretario BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL ANSOLA GONZALEZ , GEMMA
Vocal BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL TARREGA GARCIA-MARES , MARIA REYES

Competencias
Code  
A49
A88
A233
A289
A294
A306
A320
A354
B31

Learning aims
Competences
A49
A88
A233
A289
A294
A306
A320
A354
B31

Contents
Topic Sub-topic

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Lecture 18 30 48
 
Field work/trips 4 6 10
 
Laboratory practicals 6 9 15
 
Mixed tests 2 0 2
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Lecture
Field work/trips
Laboratory practicals

Personalized attention
 
Lecture
Laboratory practicals
Field work/trips
Description

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Lecture 60%
Laboratory practicals 20%
Field work/trips 20%
 
Other comments and second call

Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic VIDAL ABARCA, R. et al., Ecología de las aguas continentales. Prácticas de Limnología(I), Universidad de Murcia, 1994
MOSS, B., Ecology of fresh waters, Blackwell Sci. Publ., 1980
ANGELIER, E. , Ecology of streams and rivers, Science Publisher s, Inc., 2003
CLOSS, G., DOWNES, B. & BOULTON A., Freshwater ecology, Oxford University Press, 2004
DODDS, W. K. , Freshwater ecology. Concepts and anvironmental applications, Academic Press, 2002
JEFFRIES, M. & MILLS, D. , Freshwater ecology. Principles and applications, John Wiley & Sons, 1998
MARGALEF, R., Limnología, Omega, 1983
WETZEL, R.G. & LIKENS, G.E., Limnological analysis, Springer Verlag, 1991
KALFF, J., Limnology, Prentice Hall, 2002
WETZEL, G., Limnology, Academic Press, 2001
LAMPERT, W. & SOMMER, U. , Limnology: The ecology of lakes and streams, Oxford University Press, 1997
COLE, G. A, Manual de limnología, Editorial Hemisferio Sur, 1988
CUSHING, C.E. & ALLAN, J.D. , Streams. Their ecology and life, Academic Press, 2001
BRONMARK, C. & HANSON, L., The biological of lakes and ponds., BRONMARK, C. & HANSON, L., 1998
GILLER, P.S. & MALMQVIST, B., The biology of streams and rivers, Oxford University Press, 1998

Complementary , Freshwater Biology http://www.blackwell-science.com/fwb, ,
, http://waterontheweb.org/, ,
, http://www.aelimno.org/, ,
, http://www.chduero.es, ,
, http://www.humedalesibericos.com, ,
, http://www.ramsar.org, ,
, http://www.unesco.org/water, ,
, Hydrobiologia http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/journal/10750, ,
, Journal of Limnology http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol, ,
, Limnetica http://www.limnetica.net, ,


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