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Lowland rivers
Upland rivers
Rocky shore
Sand dune
Typical programme

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Course content and design

All courses have specific learning outcomes which relate directly to syllabuses.

Detailed course content and programme is decided in conjunction with visiting staff to ensure that all requirements are met.

Habitats available

Coastal

rocky shore - range of exposures from extremely sheltered to extremely exposed

salt marsh

- grazed and ungrazed

sand dunes

sand and mud shores

Freshwater

upland streams

lowland streams

potentially polluted streams

ponds

Woodland

deciduous

coniferous

Pasture

improved / unimproved

Sampling techniques used
- non-mobile plant and animal communities – selection of quadrat size, random and systematic sampling
- mobile populations – mark, release, recapture
- aquatic populations – effort and area based sampling
- quantitative and qualitative recording methods - %cover, % frequency, density, abundance scales, point quadrats

Ecological concepts / ecosystem function
-Influence and interaction of abiotic and biotic factors on species distribution and abundance
-Species adaptations to the environment
-Zonation
-Succession
-Conservation and management
-Diversity / stability relationships
-Energy flow
-Freshwater pollution / indicator species / biotic indices
-Human influences on the environment

Student investigations

Hypothesis testing, data collection, statistical analysis (computer based where appropriate), data interpretation

Typical programme

Contact Hallsannery for further information

email : hfc@igi-ltd.demon.co.uk or hfc@hallsannery.co.uk
Tel : 01237 472135 Fax 01237 421700

Last modified: June 08, 2003