ENVIRON 744
Freshwater Ecosystems
James B. Heffernan
Description from DukeHub
Overview of ecological processes in flowing waters and application to conservation and management of these ecosystems. Lecture and discussion formats to integrate basic principles governing physical, chemical, and biological structure of streams and rivers with anthropogenic drivers of change and policy and management tools. Laboratories will provide hands-on experience in collection and analysis of physical, chemical, and biological data. Field and literature projects will enable students to focus on either basic or applied analysis techniques. Prerequisite: general ecology recommended.
Skills
- lab workAI review: "Laboratories will provide hands-on experience"
- data and statisticsAI review: "collection and analysis of physical, chemical, and biological data"
- fieldworkAI review: "Field and literature projects"
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "laboratories"
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "policy"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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