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