Identifying Data 2024/25
Subject (*) Limnology Code 632549021
Study programme
Máster Universitario en Xestión Sostible da Auga
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 2nd four-month period
 First Optional 3
Language
Spanish
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Enxeñaría Civil
Coordinador
Vázquez González, Ana María
 E-mail
ana.maria.vazquez@udc.es
Lecturers
Vázquez González, Ana María
 E-mail
ana.maria.vazquez@udc.es
Web
General description

Competencies / Study results
Code Study programme competences / results
A3 CON3 Explain the foundations of chemistry, biology, and morphology of continental aquatic ecosystems. Provide the common methodology of the EU for assessing the status of water bodies and its adaptation to different territorial contexts. Identify models for assessing pressures and impacts on water bodies, understanding their opportunities and limitations. Suggest solutions for the maintenance and improvement of the status of water bodies across their different quality elements. Identify bioindicators.
B1 HAB1 Use and compare water legislation and conceptual frameworks related to sustainable development. Operate with tools that allow estimating economic variables (macro and micro) related to water, and employ the tools to apply appropriate taxation and cost policies to water
B4 HAB4 Analyze the European Union's Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive, their technical implications, and their implementation through hydrological planning. Utilize computer tools for problem-solving related to water management within the framework of both directives. Develop measurements and analysis of hydrologically relevant data and data related to the state of water bodies. Evaluate the effect of urban use on the watershed and analyze the consequences of discharging water (treated or untreated) into receiving water bodies. Additionally, develop strategies to protect areas of surface water and groundwater generation within watersheds, based on the principle of recognizing and enhancing ecosystem services.
C4 COM4 Integrate the various sources that generate the water supply and the uses that create the demand into systems or balances that allow for proper management. Plan the water resource at both macro and micro scales, allocating water to different uses while integrating environmental and social demands

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences / results
Explicar las bases de la química, la biología y la morfología de los ecosistemas acuáticos continentales. Proporcionar la metodología común de la UE para evaluar el estado de las masas de agua, y su adaptación a diferentes ámbitos territoriales. Identificar los modelos para evaluar las presiones y los impactos sobre las masas de agua, comprendiendo sus oportunidades y sus limitaciones. Indicar soluciones para el mantenimiento y mejora del estado de las masas de agua en sus diferentes elementos de calidad. Identificar bioindicadores. AJ3
 BJ1
BJ4
 CJ4

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Tema 1. Sistemas lóticos e lénticos Características, clasificación e orixe
Tema 2. Morfometría de lagos e encoros Morfometría de lagos e encoros
Tema 3. Ambiente lumínico Ambiente lumínico
Tema 4. Temperatura, calor e estratificación térmica Temperatura, calor e estratificación térmica
Tema 5. Nocións de limnoloxía física. Movemento da agua e estabilidade Nocións de limnoloxía física. Movemento da agua e estabilidade
Tema 6. Calidade química. Constituíntes principais e parámetros indicadores
Tema 7. Oxígeno e metabolismo de lagos e embalses Oxígeno y metabolismo de lagos y embalses
Tema 8. Ciclos elementais (C, N, P, Fe, Mn) en lagos e embalses Ciclos elementais (C, N, P, Fe, Mn) en lagos e encoros
Tema 9. Interfaz agua-sedimentos Interfaz agua-sedimentos

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies / Results Teaching hours (in-person & virtual) Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Multiple-choice questions A3 B4 B1 C4 1 17 18
Oral presentation A3 B1 B4 C4 0.5 1.5 2
Supervised projects A3 B1 B4 C4 1 7 8
Guest lecture / keynote speech A3 B1 B4 C4 21 21 42
 
Personalized attention 5 0 5
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Multiple-choice questions
Oral presentation
Supervised projects
Guest lecture / keynote speech Desenvolvemento con explicación en grupo de dous temas dos que se compón a materia.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Supervised projects
Guest lecture / keynote speech
Description
Se aclaran las dudas suscitadas por las explicaciones y se proporciona información complementaria para la mayor profundización en los aspectos de interés para la materia

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies / Results Description Qualification
Multiple-choice questions A3 B4 B1 C4 El alumnado tendrá que responder a un test sobre el temario explicado 40
Oral presentation A3 B1 B4 C4 El alumnado dispondrá de media hora para hacer la presentación de un trabajo cuyas indicaciones recibirá el día de la presentación de la asignatura 20
Supervised projects A3 B1 B4 C4 El alumnado tendrá que preparar una trabajo sobre un tema relacionado con el temario que el profesorado le indicará el dia de la presentación de la asignatura 30
Guest lecture / keynote speech A3 B1 B4 C4 Se registrará la asistencia a las sesiones magistrales 10
 
Assessment comments

A avaliación da materia baséase na superación dunha proba de resposta
mixta na que se plantexan cuestións relacionadas cos contidos docentes
impartidos e un traballo sobre a materia que se presentará en clase.

Respecto al alumnado con reconocimiento de dedicación a tiempo parcial y
dispensa académica, todos los aspectos relacionados con 'dispensa
académica', 'dedicación al estudio', 'permanencia' y 'fraude académico'
se regirán de acuerdo con la normativa académica de la UDC

Sources of information
Basic

1. R. Wetzel (2001) Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems. 3ª Edición. Ed. Elsevier

2. R. Wetzel y G. Likens (2013) Limnological analyses. Ed. Springer

3. J. Kalff (2004) Limnology: Inland water ecosystems. Ed. Pearson
Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
Biological Assessment of Water Quality/632549024
Agricultural and Industrial Uses of Water/632549020
Ecosystemic Services and Ecohydraulics /632549022
Hydrological Basins Monitoring for the Tracking of Water Mases/632549023
Surface Water Assessment/632549015

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.