2024
Estuaries and Coastal Systems
Name: Estuaries and Coastal Systems
Code: PAO11395L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Environment and Ecology Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Provide students with the knowledge on how the abiotic and biological factors shape the interface systems, between the continental and the marine waters, determining its structure and function, and providing some level of professional skills regarding the management / conservation / restoration of these systems.
Contents
Estuaries.
Interaction between marine and inland waters.
Factors of primary productivity.
Flocculation and "nutrient trap".
Nurseries and oceanic productivity.
Coastal Lagoons.
Types of coastal lagoons according to the connection regime with the sea.
Coastal lagoons as retaining environments.
Accumulation of detrital organic matter and risks of dystrophy - summer mortality
Haline stratification and oxygen depletion in the hypolimnion
The Ocean.
Zonation. Marine productivity, upwelling.
Coastal processes, coastal drift, erosion and deposition.
Management of coastal areas.
Interaction between marine and inland waters.
Factors of primary productivity.
Flocculation and "nutrient trap".
Nurseries and oceanic productivity.
Coastal Lagoons.
Types of coastal lagoons according to the connection regime with the sea.
Coastal lagoons as retaining environments.
Accumulation of detrital organic matter and risks of dystrophy - summer mortality
Haline stratification and oxygen depletion in the hypolimnion
The Ocean.
Zonation. Marine productivity, upwelling.
Coastal processes, coastal drift, erosion and deposition.
Management of coastal areas.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, discussions, field and lab work.
Examination and paper (to be presented and discussed).
Examination and paper (to be presented and discussed).
