Course title
Advanced Study on Agriculture 2   [Advanced Study on Agriculture 2]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year   Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code SP70000007
Instructor(s)
渡邊 裕純   [WATANABE Hirozumi]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
Aquatic Environment Assessment --- application of water quality monitoring and modeling

Graduate School of Agriculture
Department of IEAS
Term: Fall
Dates: Thursdays 3rd period 13:00-14:30
Class room: 2-14
Office hours: Thursdays 10:30-12:00 at 2N306
Credit: 2
Class schedule No. : 059238


Objectives and outline
The objectives of the this course is to gain broad knowledge and concept which can be applied for the investigation and assessment of the environmental risk associated with the inorganic as well as organic pollutants such as nutrients, pesticides and heavy metals in the aquatic environments such as streams, rivers and lakes.
The lecture materials are prepared considering interdisciplinary approach in which students can be exposed to the fundamentals of stream biology, aquatic chemistry, and hydrology as well as the applications of environmental monitoring and modeling.
The first half of the class lectures introduce basic concept in hydrologic cycle and aquatic biology followed by the environmental hydrology, water chemistry and pollution. The send half of the class continues with discussion of the environmental fate, chemical analysis, monitoring and modeling for aquatic pollutants.
Expected Learning
Course schedule
Class 1 Class orientation
Class 2 The aquatic environment --- an overview ---
Class 3 Environmental hydrology I
Class 4 Environmental hydrology II
Class 5 Environmental hydrology III
Class 6 Basics in water quality
Class 7 Aquatic pollution
Class 8 Environmental fate of the pollutant
Class 9 Review --- Hydrology and water quality
Class 10 Mid term exam
Class 11 Water quality monitoring I
Class 12 Water quality monitoring II
Class 13 Introduction to water quality modeling
Class 14 Exposure risk assessment of rice pesticide in rice paddies.
Class 15 Final examination
Prerequisites
Prerequisites:Good oral, listening, writing skills in English is preferred
Required Text(s) and Materials
1. Agricultural Nonpoint source pollution Watershed Management and Hydrology Willam F. Ritter Adel Shirmohammadi, 2001 CRC Press LLC
2. Environmental Hydrology, Second Edition Andy D. Ward , Stanley W. Trimble, 2004 CRC Press LLC
3. Horne A. J., and Goldman, C. R. 1994. Limnology, Second edition. McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York.
4. Handbook of Hydrology, Ed. D. R. Maidmend, 1992, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
5. Water chemistry, Ed. V. L. Snoeyink, 1980 John Wiley & Sons,, Inc.
6. Water quality, G. Tchobanoglous and E. D. Schroeder 1985 Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
7. Pesticide Risk Assessment in Rice Paddies: Theory and Practice. Karpouzas, Dimitrios and Capri, Ettore (Eds). Elsevier Science Ltd. (2007)
References
Journal papers:
1. Watanabe, H., Takagi, K.: A simulation model for pesticide concentrations in paddy water and surface soil. I. Model development, Environmental Technology, 21, 1379-1391 (2000)
2. Watanabe, H., Takagi, K.: A simulation model for pesticide concentrations in paddy water and surface soil. II. Model validation and application, Environmental Technology, 21, 1393-1404 (2000)
6. Vu, H. S., Watanabe, H., Takagi, K.: Application of FAO-56 for evaluating evapotranspiration in simulation of pollutant runoff from paddy rice field in Japan, Agricultural Water Management, 76, 195-210 (2005).
Assessment/Grading
Evaluation: Participation in the class and homework assignment (50%), Midterm exam (20%) and Final exam (30%)

Message from instructor(s)
Welcome to Aquatic Environment Assessment --- application of water quality monitoring and modeling
Course keywords
Keywords: Aquatic Environment, Nonpoint source pollution, Risk assessment, Monitoring, Modeling
Office hours
Office hours: Thursdays 10:30-12:00 at 2N306
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
Related URL
Reference URL: http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~pochi/
Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
English
Last update
9/20/2018 1:49:43 PM