Classes taught in 2010
EESC33 Field
course Next taught
Aug, 15-27, 2010
co-taught with EEB 410H1 Lake
Ecosystem Dynamics Visit http://biome.utoronto.ca/field_courses/lake%20ecosystems.htm
for more information.
A two-week summer field course offered at the Harkness Fisheries Research Lab
in Algonquin Park,
Ontario. Students will learn how to collect, analyze and interpret a
series of physical, chemical and biological parameters. We will spend a
lot of time on boats and in the water collecting samples, in the lab
processing these samples and on computers analysing and integrating the
data. Field and laboratory exercises will demonstrate how interactions
between physical, chemical and biological parameters are crucial in
understanding lake ecosystems. Emphasis will be put on how physical
processes (e.g., thermal structure of the lake, surface and internal
waves, currents) affect the distribution of organisms (algae,
invertebrates, fish) and biological processes in lakes. Students will
gather class data and work together to complete a class project.
Students will also be responsible for completing an independent project
based on field/laboratory work. (Offered in alternate years)
Credit: 0.5 credit Limited to 20 students
EESC18 The Great Lakes: an introduction to
physical limnology Taught in fall 2007, 2009, 2011
North America is endowed with eight of the twelve largest fresh-water
lakes
in the world. The hydrodynamics and hydraulics of the Canadian Great
Lakes
are used as examples from large lacustrine systems. Fundamental
concepts in
physical limnology are related to features found in the Great Lakes.
Topics
include: classification and origin of lakes, temperature structure,
seasonal circulation, heat budgets, Langmuir circulation, seiches,
waves
and water levels. Morphological forms and morphodynamical behaviour as
a
result of sediment transport process are examined particularly with
respect
to coastal processes.
EESC19 -Marine
Systems Taught in fall 2008, 2010
The world's oceans constitute more than 70% of the earth's surface
environments. This course will introduce students to the dynamics of
ocean
environments, ranging from the deep ocean basins to marginal seas to
the
coastal ocean. The large-scale water circulation is examined from an
observationally based water mass analysis and from a theoretical
hydro-dynamical framework. The circulation of marginal seas, the role
of
tides, waves and other currents are studied in terms of their effects
upon
the coastal boundary.
EENV
1120 The Dynamics of
Contaminant Dispersal in Fluids Taught in Fall 2008,
2009, 2010
This course will introduce the mechanisms of contaminant transport in
lakes
and the coastal ocean. The emphasis will be on a practical
understanding of
different dispersion regimes from point and distributed pollution
sources.
Students will learn to use the basic equations that model these
processes
and understand how these equations are used in water quality models.
Students will also be introduced to field measurement techniques and
learn
to compare field data with model data. Among the subjects to be
discussed
are the dispersion of pollutants in lakes, rivers and the coastal zone,
mixing in stratified estuaries and the dynamics of the seasonal
thermocline.