DAY

TOPIC

READING
see Assignments page

Week 1:
Arkansas Watershed & CS Water Resources
Hydrology & Stream Ecology

Mon.

AM

Class Introduction

Fountain Creek GIS Introduction (GIS Lab)

Hydrologic Cycle Model (STELLA Model; GIS Lab)

STELLA Fountain Creek Flow Model

GIS Exercise

PM

Stream Hydrographs (Excel exercise; Data SS; Barnes Lab)

Field Trip Equipment List

Tues.

AM

Arkansas River Field Trip (Depart 8 AM)

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (11 AM)

HL, Ch. 1

Bring copies on field trip of:

Vannote, 1980; Rosgen, 1994

PM

Arkansas River Field Trip
Chalk Creek Stream Survey

Evening: CS Water Delivery Video: Southern Water Delivery System

Wed.

AM

Arkansas River Field Trip
Chalk Creek Stream Survey

Rosgen, 1994

Vannote, 1980

PM

Arkansas River Field Trip
Chalk Creek Stream Survey

Evening: Cadillac Desert Video

Thurs.

AM

Arkansas River Field Trip

Chalk Creek Stream Survey

PM

Arkansas River Field Trip

Riparian Ecology: Haymann Burn Site (as time permits)

Linneman Lecture: Paul Watson (6 PM)

Fri.

AM

Longitudinal Sampling Project

Gear list

PM

Longitudinal Sampling Project

Sample Prep: Anions by IC, Cations by IC, BOD, E. coli

Chalk Creek Project Description

Vannote, 1980; HL Ch. 5

Week 2:

Urban Impact Assessment

Chemistry, Ecology and Lab Analysis

Mon.

AM

Dissolved Oxygen & River Continuum

Alkalinity: What is an Acid & Base?

Introduction to Longitudinal Analysis Paper

Introduction to Final Project

Hydrology Project Due (9 AM)

Physical Properties of Water

Chemical Equilibrium

Solubility

DO Notes

PM

Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, TDS/TSS, E. coli, Macroinvertebrates, DO

Longitudinal Project Paper Questions

Lab Manual

Minshall 1983; HL Ch. 28

Tues.

AM

Aquatic Respiration

Biochemical Oxygen Demand & Redox Chemistry

What is a Weak Acid?

Redox Chemistry

Aquatic Chem I

BOD Notes

PM

Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, TDS/TSS, Macroinvertebrates, DO

Longitudinal Project Paper Questions

Lab Manual

Gucker 2006

Wed.

AM

Aquatic Primary Productivity

Weak Acid Equilibria

Acid Rain

Intro Acid-Base

Aquatic Chem II

PM

Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, BOD, Macroinvertebrates, TDS/TSS

Longitudinal Project Paper Questions

Thurs.

AM

Human Impacts on Stream Health

Acid-Base Distribution Functions I

Aquatic Chem III

Longitudinal Project

PM

GIS Longitudinal Data Analysis

Longitudinal Project Paper Questions

Peterson & Hobbie,1985

Raymond 2008

Fri.

AM

Acid-Base Distribution Functions II: Titrations & Alkalinity

Raymond Paper Notes

Phosphorous Cycle (Peterson paper)

Acid-Base Distribution Functions

Aquatic Chem IV

Carbonate Equilibria: Excel Assignment

PM

Final Project Proposals

Longitudinal Project

Final Project Proposals Due (9 AM)

Likens 1996; Poff 1997

Week 3:

Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology & Final Projects

Mon.

AM

Human Impacts on Flow: Natural Flow Regime

Geochemistry & Soils

Alkalinity

Aquatic Chem V

PM

Final Project Proposal Meetings

Long. Papers Draft 1.0 Due (5 PM)

Tues.

AM

Final Project Sample Collection

PM

Final Project Sample Collection

Wed.

AM

Nitrogen Cycling & Wetlands

PM

Final Project Lab Analysis

Mitsch 2001

Long. Papers Final Draft Due (5 PM)

Thurs.

AM

PM

Final Projects Lab and Data Analysis

Fri.

AM

Final Paper Meetings

PM

Final Paper Meetings

Final Project Data Analysis

Final Project Rubric

Week 4:

Final Projects

Mon.

AM

Final Paper Meetings

PM

Final Paper Meetings

Tues.

AM

PM

Final Oral Exam

Complete Final Projects

Wed.

AM