Week	Name	Description
18 February - 24 February	Expected Learning outcome
	1.1.1 Introduction
	1.1.2 Development of Limnology
	1.2.1 Inland waters
	1.2.2 Distribution of inland waters
	1.3.1. Ponds, lakes, streams, river
	1.3.2 Lakes
	1.3.3. Streams and Rivers
25 February - 3 March	Expected Learning outcome
	2.1.1 Lakes
	2.1.2 Thermal Classification of lakes
	2.2.1. Famous lakes
	2.3.1. Lakes of the world
4 March - 10 March	Expected Learning outcome
	3.1.1. Nature of Inland water environment
	3.2.1. Physical Characteristics- Pressure, Compressibility, Density
	3.3.1. Physical characteristics- Mobility, Buoyancy, Movement of water
	3.3.2.Seiches
	3.4.1 Physical characteristics- Surface film, Temperature
	3.4.2. Thermal stratification
	3.5.1 Physical characteristics- Light, Color, Turbidity
	3.5.2 Physical characteristics- Colour and Tubidity
11 March - 17 March	Expected Learning outcome
	4.1. Dissolved gases – Oxygen, Carbon dioxide and other dissolved gases
	4.2. Dissolved solids and Dissolved organic matter
18 March - 24 March	Expected Learning outcome
	5.1 Influence of physical and chemical conditions on living organisms in inland waters
	5.2. Productive volume, flotation phenomena and body form adjustments
	5.3.1. Relations of organisms to movement of water, surface film relations
	5.3.2. Relations of organisms to Temperature relations, Light relations
	5.4. Relations of Dissolved Oxygen, Relations of Carbondioxide
	5.5. Nitrogen, Ammonia, Dissolved solids, Other elements, Dissolved organic matter
25 March - 31 March	Expected Learning outcome
	6.1. Classifications of organisms in water
	6.2. Distribution of plankton
	6.3. Food for plankton organisms
1 April - 7 April	Expected Learning outcome
	7.1 Aquatic plants- Character, classification, zonation, seasonal relations
	7.2 Quantities produced, chemical composition, distribution in different waters, limnological role
8 April - 14 April	Expected Learning outcome
	8.1 Nekton- Composition, Distribution, Movements
15 April - 21 April	Expected Learning outcome
	9.1 Classification of benthic regions, beach zones, periphyton,distribution
	9.2. Quantitative and Qualitative movements, seasonal changes and migrations of benthos
22 April - 28 April	Expected Learning outcome
	10.1 Circulation of food material, classification of lakes based on productivity
	10.2. Laws of minimum, biotic potential and environmental resistance, quantitative relations in a standing crop
	10.3. Laws of minimum, biotic potential and environmental resistance, quantitative relations in a standing crop
29 April - 5 May	Expected Learning outcome
	11.1 Running waters in general
	11.2 Biological conditions, productivity features of lotic environments, Influence of currents,Plant growths
	11.3 Nekton, benthos, Temporary and head water streams, general ecological succession
13 May - 19 May	1. Morphometry of lakes, ponds and streams
20 May - 26 May	Determination of physical characteristics of inland (lentic and lotic) waters
27 May - 2 June	1. Determination of chemical characteristics of inland (lentic and lotic) waters
3 June - 9 June	Collection and identification of Freshwater Plankton
10 June - 16 June	Collection and identification freshwater Zooplankton
17 June - 23 June	Enumeration and biomass estimation of freshwater plankton
24 June - 30 June	Estimation of Primary Productivity in freshwater bodies
1 July - 7 July	Collection and identification of benthos from inland water bodies
8 July - 14 July	Enumeration and biomass estimation of benthos from different freshwater bodies
15 July - 21 July	Collection and identification of aquatic plants from different freshwater bodies
22 July - 28 July	References