COURSE

EOAS6000E

Watershed Biogeochemistry

Function Hub / Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences · 3 Credits

This course will address foundational concepts theories and knowledge and current challenges within the broad and interdisciplinary field of watershed biogeochemistry. It focuses on the biogeochemical, hydrological, and ecological connections across the land-air-water continuum in a river basin. Specific topics include 1) an overview of watershed biogeochemical cycles, 2) land-air exchanges of carbon, water, and energy, 3) nutrient cycles in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, 4) groundwater biogeochemistrycal cycling in groundwater, and 5) the significance of river basin biogeochemistry in climate and global change. General themes will also be explored through lectures on basic theories and discussions of recent literature that will be coordinated with lectures. More specific questions and methodological approaches will be introduced using hands-on practices and excursions to field sites.