PřF:Bi7510 Terrestrial Ecotoxicology - Course Information

Bi7510 Terrestrial Ecotoxicology

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Petr Anděl, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D.

Timetable

Fri 7:00–8:50 Kontaktujte učitele

Prerequisites

Attendance of basic ecological course.

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

• General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Ekotoxikologie)

Course objectives

Lecture gives complex overview of ecosystem ecotoxicology and it is focused predominantly on:
(i) fate of the toxicants in environment at ecosystem level and exposure routes,
(ii) effects of toxicants which are at ecosystem-level in interaction with other ecological factors,
(iii) methods for retrospective and predictive evaluation of toxicants impact.
(iv) ecological risk assessment

At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- orient in the problematics of chemical substances influence on terrestrial ecosystems
- explain basic processes in the ecosystems from the viewpoint of toxic compounds influence
- identify potential sensitive targets after application of toxicants
- classify ecological factors, which influence the ecosystem and evaluate them
- interprete data measured in routine monitoring
- from the viewpoint of potential sources, suggest basic methodology for the rresearch of individual ecotoxicological problems

Syllabus

• Introduction to terrestrial ecotoxicology.
• Basic ecological principles. Ecosystem as model system. taxonomy and description of ecosystems.
• Methodology of ecotoxicological research. Contaminants in ecosystems.
• Entrance and behaviour of polutants in ecosystems. Fate and output from ecosystem. Fotolysis. Biodegradation. Transport mechanisms.
• Ecosystem under influence of polutants. Influence on ecosystem structure and energetical balance. Influence on matter cycling (C, N).
• Influence of contaminants on ecosystem regulation and evolution.
• Practical aspects of risk analysis in terrestrial ecosystems.
• Diagnosis, ecological risk assessment, bioindication.
• Prospective risk analysis, influence of compounds with chronic effects.
• Therapy,decontamination, technological aspects.

Literature

• NEWMAN, Michael C. and Michael A. UNGER. Fundamentals of ecotoxicology. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 2003, 458 s. ISBN 1566705983. info
• Principles of ecotoxicology. 2nd ed. London: Taylor & Francis, 2001, xvi, 309 s. ISBN 0-7484-0939-4. info
• BEGON, Michael, John L. HARPER and Colin R. TOWNSEND. Ekologie : jedinci, populace a společenstva. Translated by Bronislava Grygová - Barbara Köberleová - Zdeněk Brandl. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1997, xxiv, 949. ISBN 8070676957. info
• BEGON, Michael, John L. HARPER and Colin R. TOWNSEND. Ecology : individuals, populations and communities. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Blackwell Science, 1996, xii, 1068. ISBN 086542845X. info
• Ecotoxicology : a hierarchical treatment. Edited by Michael C. Newman - Charles H. Jagoe. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 1996, 411 s. ISBN 0-56670-127-9. info
• CALOW, P. Handbook of Ecotoxicology Vol. I and II. London, U.K.: Blackwell Scientific publications, 1993. info

Assessment methods

Credits are granted for seminar work and for final oral exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

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