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WARM 800 - Critical Analysis of Water Resources Literature
Credits:
2.00
Detailed consideration of current issues in water resource
management in a seminar format. Emphasis on critical
analysis of primary literature in environmental science
relevant to water resources management. Prereq: watershed
water quality management. Special fee.
WARM 803 - Watershed Water Quality Management
Credits:
4.00
Principles of land use as they relate to water quality and
quantity. Lectures focus on biogeochemical cycles and the
watershed approach to land and water resource management.
Labs and field trips focus on methods of water sampling and
analysis. One year chemistry is recommended. Prereq:
freshwater resources or watershed hydrology, or permission.
Special fee. Lab/field trips.
WARM 811 - Wetland Resource Management
Credits:
4.00
Analysis of the natural resources of coastal and inland
wetlands and environmental problems caused by human use and
misuse of these ecosystems. Groups will collect field data
to summarize the structure and function of four wetland
types within a management context. Prereq: general ecology;
watershed water quality management;/ or permission. Special
fee. Lab.
WARM #813 - Field Wetland Ecology
Credits:
3.00
Field investigation of coastal and inland wetland types.
First half of course consists of field trips to visit and
sample regional wetlands. Second half of course consists of
methods used to analyze field samples from wetlands.
Enrollment is limited. Prereq: present or past enrollment
in WARM 811 and permission. Special fee. Lab/field trips.
WARM 816 - Wetland Delineation
Credits:
4.00
Examination of the soils, vegetation, and hydraulic
functions of coastal and central New England wetlands.
Students are responsible for the collection and
identification of aquatic plant species, the description of
wetland soils, and the delineation of wetland boundaries.
Lectures and fieldwork. For graduate students and
professionals. Prereq: permission. Special fee. Lab.
(Offered summer session only.)
WARM #818 - Wetland Evaluation
Credits:
2.00
Lectures and field trips covering the theory and practice of
wetland evaluation techniques with emphasis on the method
for the comparative evaluation of nontidal wetlands in
New Hampshire. For graduate students and working
professionals. Field trips. Special fee. (Not offered every
year.)
WARM 819 - Wetlands Mitigation and Restoration
Credits:
3.00
Assessing the problems of wetland loss. Asks: what steps can
be taken; does restoration work; can habitat value be
replaced, and what consitutes equivalent mitigation? First
half of course involves field trips to visit and sample
mitigation and restoration sites. Second half focuses on
student projects using the scientific method to address
wetlands issues. Prereq: WARM 811 or permission. Special
fee. Lab/field trips. (Not offered every year.)
WARM 821 - Ecology of Polluted Waters
Credits:
4.00
Impact of various water quality problems (e.g., excessive
nutrient loading, organic matter loading, contamination by
trace organic compounds) on the ecology of fresh waters,
including microorganisms, aquatic invertebrates, algae, and
fish. Design of impact assessment studies and data
interpretation. Prereq: applied statistics, watershed water
quality management, or permission. Special fee. Lab/field
trips.
WARM 905 - Contaminant Fate and Transport in Subsurface
Credits:
4.00
Processes controlling contaminates in soils and groundwater;
sorption, and desorption of inorganic and organic
contaminants; leaching of inorganic contaminants and
pesticides; runoff of agricultural chemicals; biological
factors affecting contaminants; soil flooding effects on
water quality; groundwater contamination; bacteria and virus
transport in groundwater. Prereq: groundwater hydrology and
soil chemistry or equivalent/or permission. Special fee.
Also listed as SOIL 905.