Credit hours: 3 Time: Mondays, Wednesdays 8:30 to 10:00 AM
Prerequisite: ENR 725 Wetland Ecology and Management
Course Design: Lectures and recent literature reviews on the restoration and creation of
wetlands and riverine systems. Course includes both ecosystem design principles and practical
design practices for successful ecological engineering of these systems. Course includes case
studies such as river/wetland restorations in Delaware Bay, Skjern River (Denmark), Louisiana
Delta, Mesopotamian Marshlands (Iraq), Olentangy River Wetlands, and Everglades. |
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Syllabus
Study Guide
Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration (Mitsch & Jorgensen, 2004)
Wetlands, 4th ed (Mitsch & Gosselink, 2007)
Student Presentations
February 11 - River Restoration
February 13 - River Restoration
February 18 - River Restoration
February 20 - Wetland Creation/Restoration
February 25 - Wetland Creation/Restoration
February 27
March 3
March 5 - Treatment Wetlands
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