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Physical limnologyWETA151
Finnish Environment InstituteFreshwater Centre
www.environment.fi/syke/jyvaskyla
Physics and life of algae
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• Dynamics of algal float movements
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Contents of the course• Lectures (6*2 h)
• Notes on home page: http://users.jyu.fi/~thuttula • Related material can be found in following books
– Viess & Lewis: Introduction to hydrology– Mann&Lazier: Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems, Biological-Physical
Interactions in the Oceans, Blackwell Science– Fischer et al.: Mixing in Coastal and Inland Waters, Academic Press– Wetzel: Limnology or Horne & Goldman: Limnology
• Calculation exercises (2*2 h)• Report (I provide home work support 1*2 h)
• Report has to be accepted for passing the course• Presentation in seminar• Examination
• You can keep lecture notes with during the examination
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Time table
Lakes as a part of the hydrological cycle Mon 12.1. 10-12 YAB310
Water balance Tue 13.1. 12-14 YAB310
Thermal regime of lakes Wed 14.1. 12-14 YAB310
Lake hydrodynamics Thu 15.1. 12-14 YAB310
Turbulence and boundary processes Fri 16.1. 12-14 YAB310
Pollutant transport Mon 19.1. 12-14 YAB312
Home work support Tue 20.1. 12-14 YAB312
Exercises I Wed 21.1. 10-12 YAA204
Exercises II Thu 22.1. 10-12 Ag B111.1 Asia
Seminar Thu 13.2. 10-13 FYS2
Examination Tue 24.2. 14-17 YAB312
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Report It is a group work Use literature
From library and from SYKE people on course web site
and data from different lakes (oiva-service and www.paijanne.org ) Mainly Lakes Jyväsjärvi and Päijänne
Length: 4-8 pages Examples from previous courses can be found form course web
page. (Do not copy! If you use their information, use a proper quotation practice)
PPT-presentation for seminar from the same subject
Earlier subjects of reports
• Lake ice (development, growth, decay), Inka, Tino, Olli• Two North American lakes ,compared on the basis of
physical limnology Barbara, Ville, Jussi• Internal load in lake nutrient budget Polain, Kati, Satish• How different organisms can utilize the boundary layers?
Tuomo, Tapani, Colline• How the physical characteristics of Finnish lakes will
change due to the global change? Maria, Ahmed• Water level regulation in Finnish great lakes Tiina, Nebiyu,
Emmanuela
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What to expect from the report?
• Clear outline• Characterize the phenomena or method• Basic equations, explain them simply• Some illustrations (figures, tables)• If possible, discuss relevance to aquatic ecology• Discuss how present studies at JY/BYTL/WET
relate or can be related• Apply normal standards of scientific report• Word document, written in English, Max 8
pages, Min 4 A4,
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What to expect from seminar presentation
• Based on your report
• In English ???
• Max 20 min and 10 min for discussion
• 13-16 slides
Some ideas for effective learning
• Print the lecture notes and use them for your own notes
• Find a Finnish speaking course mate
• Be present• Register to Oiva-service, we use it during
the course http://wwwp2.ymparisto.fi/scripts/oiva.asp
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Ryhmätyöaiheita• Tuulienergian siirtyminen järveen – pieni
vs. laaja järvi (Maija&Henna)
• Planktreiden elämästä keskikokoisessa järvessä kesällä fysiikan näkökulmasta (Krista&Salla)
• Jyväsjärven ja Päijänteen vesimassan kerrostuneisuudesta (heinä-elokuu) (Santeri&
• Säätilan muutos ja Jyväsjärven kerrostuneisuus (Petri&Antti)04/19/23 Timo Huttula 11
