Courses

Introduction to Ecohydrology

(Amartya Saha, Ecohydrologist, Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA)

Intended audience: The materials are primarily focused at the undergraduate level (India/USA), but elements have also been used in teaching in village schools in Tanzania, graduate students in Nigeria/Brazil/USA and natural resource management and administration professionals in Tanzania. 

Course outline:

1. Examining the Water Cycle; measuring/estimating and calculating a water balance for a catchment

2. Land Cover (vegetation) and watershed hydrology 

3. Watershed geomorphology and soil water relations

4. Water quality, riparian and aquatic ecosystems

5. Water Resources Management, vulnerability assessment to climate change, land cover/ land use change, ecosystem services in maintaining water availability and quality

6. Monitoring water level, flow, quality, soil moisture, weather 

Capacity Building for Freshwater Conservation in the Indian Northeast - Shillong, Meghalaya July 2014

(1) 8 day workshops imparting the fundamentals of watershed ecohydrology, familiarity with online tools/datasets and open source GIS 

(2) created a biomonitoring program for water quality based on aquatic macroinvertebrates involving a network of college faculty, students and individuals in Meghalaya/Assam.  Read about it on Researchgate

Saha, S., L.M. Jyrwa, M.B. Lynser,D. Kharchandi, B. Dohling, S. Khongwir, B. Massar, A. Saha,  P. Rynjah, B. Kharbyngar, B. Kharjana, J. Kharbuddon, I. Pariong, S. Syngkli, R. Shabong, andA. Kharkongor. (2016). Filling in the gaps for aquatic ecosystem conservation - Biomonitoring for baseline information and capacity building in Meghalaya, India. Journal of Ecological Society 29:9-26.

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