BIO 460 Limnology-Laboratory Syllabus

Text: Limnological Analyses, Wetzel and Likens


 
Week  Lab Exercise
Aug. 18 Lab Introduction: Safety, Water Quality, QA/QC, Ponds
Aug. 25  Temperature, Heat Budgets, Temperature Logger*
Sept. 8  Phosphate, Total Phosphate, Spectrophotometry
Sept. 15  Nutrient Limitation Bioassay*
Sept. 22 Chlorophyll a, Fluorometer
Sept. 29 Light/Secchi Depth, Quantum Sensor, Turbidity, TSS
Oct. 6 Fecal Coliform Demonstration, TSS
Oct. 13  Plankton Microscopy, Epifluorescence
Oct. 20 pH vs. Acid/Nutrient Treatments*
Oct. 27  Dissolved Oxygen, Oxygen Probes, Winkler O2
Nov. 3  TBA
Nov. 10  Project Planning
Nov. 17 Project Execution
Nov. 24  Holiday
Dec. 1  Project Wrap-up
Dec. 8 Project Completion* 

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