Expected Learning Outcome

Unit 3 : Agricultural wastes and eutrophication

  • Organic debris
  • Nutrients
  • Adverse effects of oxygen demanding wastes
  • Importance of dissolved oxygen
  • Biological oxygen demand (BOD) and Chemical oxygen demand (COD)
  • Oxygen budget
  • Biological effects of organic matter
  • Definition and sources of plant nutrients in aquatic systems
  • Red tides and fish kills
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