PřF:E5081 General Ecotoxicology - Pr - Course Information
E5081 General Ecotoxicology - Practicals
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/3. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jiří Novák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Vašíčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Marie Smutná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. RNDr. Luděk Bláha, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Luděk Bláha, Ph.D.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Jiří Novák, Ph.D.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites
- NOW( E5080 General Ecotoxicology )
The exercises are complementary to lectures Obecná ekotoxikologie - General ecotoxicology (it is recommended to attend this exercise class together with E5080). - 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
- Environment and Health (programme PřF, B-ZPZ)
- Course objectives
- The objective of the course is to teach students practical skills in ecotoxicity testing with selected model organisms, legislation context and interpretation of the results.
- Learning outcomes
- After the course student will be able:
- to use ecotoxicological databases
- plan and conduct selected model ecotoxicology assays
- interpret ecotoxicity data from experiments and databases
- implement ecotoxicity results for basic risk assessment - Syllabus
- 1 - Practical exercises at PC - ecotoxicological databases, search and synthesis of results
- 2 - Practical lab exercise - acute toxicity with D. magna
- 3 - Practical lab exercise - growth inhibition test with algae
- 4 - Practical lab exercise - toxicity test with V. fisheri
- 5 - Practical lab exercise - root growth inhibition test with lettuce
- 6 - Practical lab exercise - acute toxicity test with earthworms
- 7 - Individual project - risk assessment report based on the use of results for model compounds
- 8 - Excursion to (eco)toxicological laboratories and demonstration of advanced testing methods.
- Literature
- KOPP, Radovan, Klára HILSCHEROVÁ and Eva POŠTULKOVÁ. Základy vodní ekotoxikologie. Vydání první. Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2015, 151 stran. ISBN 9788075093349. info
- KOČÍ, Vladimír and Klára MOCOVÁ. Ekotoxikologie pro chemiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2009, 199 s. ISBN 9788070806999. info
- BEZCHLEBOVÁ, Jitka. Ekotoxikologie půdních bezobratlých :žížaly, roupice, chvostoskoci. Edited by Ivan Holoubek. 2007, 1 CD-ROM. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Practical laboratory exercises - ecotoxicity bioassays. Individual project (databases search and data interpretation). Excursion to ecotoxicology laboratories. Demonstrations of advanced toxicity testing methods.
- Assessment methods
- Students will get credits after acceptance of the individual project, practical exercises and submission of protocols, participation at the excursion and demonstrations in RECETOX laboratories.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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