• ECTS

    3 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

Objectives

General objectives

Training in techniques and methods of study and management (impact study, preservation, maintenance, management...) of aquatic environments (wetlands, rivers). 

 

This implies knowledge of the specific regulations for the management of terrestrial wetlands, of the hydrological and hydraulic functioning of these environments, of the methods of observation, monitoring and characterization of these environments, and of the associated taxonomic groups (including river fish). And to implement some of this knowledge on concrete case studies, in order to apprehend these natural environments, sometimes anthropized, in their complexity through complementary disciplinary fields.

 

 

            Session 1: Regulation and hydrological functioning of wetlands

            Session 2: Understanding flows, impacts of development and tools for characterizing watercourses

Session 3: Fish taxonomy, principle of electrofishing and evaluation of wetland condition indicators

 

Sequence 1: Regulationshydrological functioning of wetlands

 

Non-classroom : to be done individually

Research to be conducted on the actors, issues, European and French regulations.

Or Research to be conducted on the various wetlands.

 

In class, in the form of a TD: 5h

Pooling of regulatory research and matrix analysis of regulatory texts.

Pooling of research on wetlands: Identification of different wetlands (with editing of an image database) and their associated watersheds (with mapping application)

Understanding the hydrological functioning of wetlands and watersheds.

 

Session 2: Understanding flows, impacts of development and tools for characterizing watercourses

 

In class, in the form of a TD: 5h

Principles of hydrometry (measurement of heights, velocities) and tools for the characterization of wetlands via direct measurements (physical, chemical and hydrodynamic parameters), observations (morphological, sedimentological), raw data analysis (Q(H), QMNA, minimum biological flow, classified flows, QT...)

Initiation to free surface hydraulics in permanent flow and at the right of structures by small case studies (recalibration, weir or pass).

 

Face-to-face, in the form of a field trip 5h

To be carried out collectively: Observations of the impact of works and hydraulic processes in situ. Hydraulic measurements on the weir and the hydraulic jump (nearest site the Lez). Chemical measurements in watercourse (on site and SEQ-eau)

 

Non-classroom: To be carried out in pairs : Creation of pedagogical and technical description sheets based on site visits and bibliography.

 

Session 3: Fish taxonomy, principle of electrofishing and evaluation of wetland condition indicators

 

In-class TD by an external speaker: 5h

Taxonomy of French freshwater fish and principle of electrofishing

Method of evaluation of indicators of their state (IBGN, I2M2)

 

 

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Knowledge control

test

coefficient

Nb of hours

Nb Sessions

Organization (SDS or local)

Written

 

 

 

 

Continuous control

100%

 

1

local

TP

 

 

 

 

Oral

 

 

 

 

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Targeted competencies

- Identify, select and apply a combination of analytical tools (current techniques, instrumentation) adapted to characterize organisms (from the biomolecule to the individual in all its complexity) and their functioning at different levels of analysis (intracellular metabolism, biology and physiology of the org

- Identify sources of error to calculate the uncertainty of an experimental result.

- Work in a team as well as independently and responsibly in the service of a project.

- Step back from a situation, evaluate yourself and question yourself in order to learn

- Analyze and synthesize data in order to exploit them.

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