Bi7684 Selected topics of river ecology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jan Helešic, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Světlana Zahrádková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marie Zhai, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Jan Helešic, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Jan Helešic, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( Bi6083 Bakalářská státní závěrečná zkouška ze systematické biologie a ekologie || Bi6360 Limnobiology )&&SOUHLAS
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
Course objectives
Additional and extension course to basic hydrobiology. At the end of this course, students should be able to: understand and be able to explain news, hypotheses and theories in ecology of river systems.
Syllabus
  • Theory of colonization cycyle and mechanisms of permanent proceses in running waters, theory of river continuum and diskontinuum, principles of ecological evaluation of rivers,recovery of river continuum and floodplains
Literature
  • GILLER, Paul S. and Björn MALMQVIST. The biology of streams and rivers. 1st publ. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, vii, 296 s. ISBN 0-19-854977-4. info
  • Fluvial hydrosystems. Edited by Geoffrey E. Petts - C. Amoros. 1st ed. London: Chapman & Hall, 1996, xii, 322. ISBN 0412371006. info
  • HAKANSON, Lars and Robert Henry PETERS. Predictive limnology : methods for predictive modelling. Amsterdam: SPB Academic Publishing, 1995, ix, 464. ISBN 9051031041. info
  • ALLAN, David J. Stream ecology : structure and function of running waters. 1st ed. London: Chapman & Hall, 1995, 388 s. ISBN 0-412-35530-2. info
  • The rivers handbook : hydrological and ecological principles. Edited by Peter Calow - Geoffrey E. Petts. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell scientific publications, 1994, 523 s. ISBN 0632029854. info
  • HUTCHINSON, G. Evelyn. A treatise on limnology. Edited by Yvette H. Edmondson. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993, 944 s. info
  • The rivers handbook : hydrological and ecological principles. Edited by Peter Calow - Geoffrey E. Petts. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell scientific publications, 1992, 526 s. ISBN 0632028327. info
Assessment methods
Lectures with class discussion. Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: sudé roky nebo podle počtu studentů specializace hydrobiologie.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je vypisován v sudých letech.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz je přednostně určen pro hydrobiology
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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