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Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication

Water is one of our most important natural resources and there will always be a demand for knowledge of how to manage this limited resource. Eutrophication of inland waters and coastal areas and pollution of groundwater are among the most serious problems relating to human activities in the landscape, and are the focus of this course. Invited lecturers provide an insight into different types of water management career in society, some of which may be the future employment of students taking this course.

The course will provide students with comprehensive knowledge of how eutrophication affects aquatic ecosystems. The importance of different pollution sources caused by human activities (agriculture, forestry and wastewater from urban and rural treatment plants and facilities) in a watershed will also be evaluated, in combination with development of suitable remediation programmes using a source apportionment model.

Course evaluation

The course evaluation is not yet activated

The course evaluation is open between 2024-11-26 and 2024-12-17

Additional course evaluations for MV0217

Academic year 2023/2024

Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication (MV0217-20204)

2023-10-31 - 2023-11-30

Academic year 2022/2023

Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication (MV0217-20049)

2022-11-01 - 2022-12-01

Academic year 2021/2022

Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication (MV0217-20090)

2021-11-02 - 2021-12-02

Academic year 2020/2021

Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication (MV0217-20155)

2020-11-02 - 2020-12-02

Academic year 2019/2020

Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication (MV0217-20102)

2019-11-01 - 2019-12-03

Academic year 2018/2019

Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication (MV0217-20084)

2018-11-05 - 2019-01-20

Syllabus and other information

Litterature list

Castellano et al., 2019, Sustainable intensification of agricultural drainage, Nature Sustainability, 2, 914-921.

Djodjic and Markensten, 2018*, From single fields to river basins: Identification of critical source areas for erosion and phosphorus losses at high resolution*, Ambio, doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1134-8, 1-14.

Haygarth et al., 2005, The phosphorus transfer continuum: Linking source to impact with an interdisciplinary and multi-scaled approach, Science of the Total Environment, 344, 5-14.

Kirchner et al., 2004, The fine structure of water-quality dynamics: the (high-frequency) wave of the future. Hydrological Processes, 18, 1353-1359.

Bieroza et al., 2021, What is the deal with the Green Deal: Will the new strategy help to improve European freshwater quality beyond the Water Framework Directive? Science of the Total Environment, 791, 148080.

Lintern et al., 2020, Best management practices for diffuse nutrient pollution: wicked problems across urban and agricultural watersheds, Environmental Science and Technology, 54, 9159-9174.

Wolllheim et al., 2018, River network saturation concept: factors influencing the balance of biogeochemical supply and demand of river networks, Biogeochemistry, 141, 503-521.

Voulvoulis et al., 2017, The EU Water Framework Directive: From great expectations to problems with implementation, Science of the Total Environment, 575, 358–366.

Basu et al., 2022, Managing nitrogen legacies to accelerate water quality improvement, Nature Geosciences, 15, 97-105.

Palmer et al., 2019, Linkages between flow regime, biota, and ecosystem processes: Implications for river restoration, Science, 365, 1264.

Forber et al., 2018, The phosphorus transfer continuum: a framework for exploring effects of climate change. Agricultural & Environmental Letters, 3, 180036.

Ockenden et al., 2017, Major agricultural changes required to mitigate phosphorus losses under climate change, Nature Communications, 8, 1-9.

Course facts

The course is offered as an independent course: Yes The course is offered as a programme course: EnvEuro - European Master in Environmental Science Soil, Water and Environment - Master's Programme Agriculture and Plant/Soil Sciences Agriculture Programme - Soil/Plant Tuition fee: Tuition fee only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens: 19030 SEK Cycle: Master’s level (A1N)
Subject: Environmental Science Soil Science Soil science Environmental science
Course code: MV0217 Application code: SLU-20148 Location: Uppsala Distance course: No Language: English Responsible department: Department of Soil and Environment Pace: 100%