BIOL 318 — Aquatic Biology
Plant and Environmental Biology · 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: Origins of lakes and their biological types. Factors determining water circulation. Rivers: Origins and water movement. Biotic communities, adaptations and distribution. Phytoplankton: Distribution including temporal and special changes in relation to physico-chemical and biological factors in the environment. Estuaries: Optical and physical properties; water movement. Dissolved substances. Mangrove swamps.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- BIOL 201 — Introductory Plant Morphology
- BIOL 315 — Principles of Genetics
- BOTN 325 — Bacteria and Viruses
- BOTN 400 — Project Work
- BOTN 410 — Language for Scientists II
- BOTN 411 — Fungi and Lichens
- BOTN 413 — Cell Ultra Structure and Function
- BOTN 414 — Economic Botany
- BOTN 417 — Microbiology
- BOTN 418 — Plant Pathology
- BOTN 419 — Advanced Plant Taxonomy
- BOTN 422 — Floral and Reproductive Biology
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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).