ABCS 318 — Aquatic Biology
Animal Biology and Conservation Science · University of Ghana
Water properties of biological importance. The seas: the open ocean and coastal waters. Factors determining water circulation. Effects of water circulation upon productivity. Pollution. Utilization and conservation. Lakes: origin of lakes and their biological types. Factors determining water circulation. Rivers: origin and water movement. Biotic communities, adaptations and distribution. Phytoplankton: distribution including temporal and special changes in relation to physico-chemical and biological factor in the environment. Estuaries: optical and physical properties; water movement. Dissolved substances. Mangrove swamps.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- ABCS 302 — General Entomology
- ABCS 304 — Public Health Zoology
- ABCS 306 — Zoogeography
- ABCS 308 — Terrestrial Invertebrates
- ABCS 312 — Wetland Ecology
- ABCS 314 — Principles of Conservation Science
- ABCS 330 — Zoological Field Studies
- ABCS 201 — Zoological Techniques
- ABCS 203 — Principles of Evolution
- ABCS 204 — Introductory Animal Ecology
- ABCS 205 — Vertebrate Anatomy
- ABCS 206 — Introductory Biometry
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).