Kunal Rathore

Kunal Rathore

PhD student in Environmental Science & AI

Freshwater Ecology

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I am writing this post to introduce how interesting is the world of ecology. Specifically I want to share my experiences with the “Fresh Water Ecology” course at OSU, which has shown me a completely different perspective of looking at nature. How? lets get into the details.

Basics & connect the new dots..

  • Properties of water
    • Physical, chemical and biological
  • Understanding temperature profiles in different seasons/ eutrophic states w.r.t water depth. Temperature profile
  • Lab and site experiments to understand the stratification in water and effect of wind, light and heat.
  • Lake Morphometry
  • Concentration and effects of nutrients like Nitrogen, Phosphorus.
  • Aquatic Ecosystems in brief
  • Population Dynamics etc..

A glimpse of what I did in classwork assignments.

  1. Searched more about various types of Algae, classifications, their habitat and food web. Types of Algae
  2. Read more about various types of Zooplantons in fresh water bodies. Types of Zooplanktons

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