- International Fees
International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Course Overview
This course provides an overview of limnology. It focuses on specific aspects of theoretical and applied limnology and environmental engineering required to undertake ecological restoration of lakes and reservoirs. The overview lectures discuss lake formation and basin morphometry, stratification and circulation, water chemistry (including nutrient and carbonate chemistry), BOD tests, and hypolimnetic oxygen depletion. Applied aspects of the course include experimentally determining re-aeration rates and sizing of hypolimnetic aeration/oxygenation and destratification systems, calculation of nutrient-loading programs for lake and reservoir enrichment, calculation of heat budgets, and use of nutrient-loading models to assess eutrophication risk. Students design a restoration proposal for a eutrophic winterkill lake.
Domestic fees
$2,514.40
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Integrate the concepts and principles of limnology relevant to ecological restoration projects.
- Integrate and adapt the concepts and principles of limnology in assessment and evaluation of degraded aquatic ecosystems.
- Collect data to assess a degraded aquatic ecosystem.
- Analyze and interpret aquatic data.
- Integrate the concepts and principles in designing restoration activities (restoration plan) for aquatic ecosystems.
Effective as of Winter 2025
Related Programs
Restoration of Lentic Ecosystems (ECOR 9220) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
- Indicates programs eligible for students to apply for Post-graduation Work Permit (PGWP).
School of Construction and the Environment
- Ecological Restoration
Master of Science Full-time/Part-time
Course Offerings
Winter 2026
Below is one offering of ECOR 9220 for the Winter 2026 term.
CRN 92608
Dates
Jan 06 - Apr 21 Loading
- CRN 92608
- $2514.40 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
Duration
15 weeks
Instructor
TBD
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Departmental approval needed
- International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
- This course is reserved for the MSc in Ecological Restoration program. For registration, please contact Anita Lai at anita_lai@bcit.ca or 604-432-8465.
Status
Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.