PřF:C5580 General Ecotoxicology - Course Information

C5580 General Ecotoxicology

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Miroslav Machala, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Luděk Bláha, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

RNDr. Miroslav Machala, CSc.
Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Ladislav Dušek, Ph.D.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Ecotoxicology (programme PřF, M-BI)
• Ecotoxicology (programme PřF, N-BI)
• Environmental Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
• Environmental Chemistry (programme PřF, N-CH)

Syllabus

• 1. Basic concepts in ecotoxicology, definitions. 2. Branches within ecotoxicology. 3. Metabolism of xenobiotics (biotransformations, detoxications). 4. Energy of the cell, signal pathways, endokrine modulations. 5. Effects of pollutans organs and organisms. 6. Effects of pollutants on populations and communities. 7. Pollutants - sources, transport, fate, effects. 8. Toxicity testing. 9. Environmental toxicology, monitoring, risk assessment.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 1999, recent)
  
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