Bi8309 Methods of palaeoecology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Hájková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Hájková, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hájková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Bi1030 Inverteb. phylog. & divers. && Bi2030 High. plant phylog. & divers.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students get familiar with basic palaeoecological methods and are able to describe a discuss the results.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction, history of methods;
    2) geomorfological record ;
    3) lithological record (sands, fluvial terraces, loess, deluvial and (peri)glacial sediments);
    4) lithological record (organic sediments, carbonate deposits);
    5) biological record – pollen analysis;
    6) macrofossil and testate amoebae analyses;
    7) vertebratological analysis;
    8) malacological analysis;
    9) other analyses (chironomids, diatoms);
    10) dating methods;
    11) data processing (diagrams), multi-proxy studies, stratigrafy;
    12) interpretation of results, models.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Berglund B (1986): Handbook of Holocene palaeoecology and palaeohydrology. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York.
  • LOWE, John J. and M. J. C. WALKER. Reconstructing quaternary environments. 2nd ed. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, 1997, xxii, 446. ISBN 0582101662. info
  • LOŽEK, Vojen. Příroda ve čtvrtohorách. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1973, 372 s. info
    not specified
  • Global change in the Holocene. Edited by Anson Mackay. London: Hodder Arnold, 2005, xvi, 528. ISBN 0340812141. info
Teaching methods
lectures and practices
Assessment methods
2 h practices (12 per semestr), final discussion about particular results
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
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: Předmět je vypisován v podzimním semestru lichých let (2015, 2017, ...).
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2013, autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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