B6360 Hydrobiology (Limnobiology)

Faculty of Science
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jan Helešic, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Světlana Zahrádková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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)
B1030 Syst. & phyl. of invertebrates && B2090 System phylogeny vertebrates && B7451 Biology of aquatic organisms && B6340 Animal ecology
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Definitions of limnology: facets of limno-geology, physics, chemistry, biology, historical and personal faces. The freshwater biota and aquatic habitats: ecological adaptations of plants and animals to miscellaneous water quality, the inhabitants of standing and running waters - plankton, benthos, periphyton, neuston, psammon, nekton. Light and heat energy in aquatic ecosystem, density layering and pH. Oxygen and other dissolved gases. Redox, metals, nutrients and organic substances. Ecosystems, energy, and production. Standing waters: Lakes, pools, peat bogs, man-made lakes. Shapes and size of 'lakes', lakes classification. Running waters: Water flow and stream channels. Physical and chemical characteristics of flowing waters, river continuum concept. Composition and structure of benthic and rheopelagic organisms(attached algae, higher plants, plankton, fishes). Factors controlling benthic organisms. Life histories and seasonal cycles of benthic organisms. Effect of downstream movements of organisms(drift). Mueler's theory of colonizatiton cycle. Longitudinal zonation. Use and misuse of inland waters - pollution, effects of man on watercourses. Effect of low discharges on the river biota.
Literature
  • Moss B., Ecplogy of Fresh Waters. Blacwell Sci.Oxon, UK, 1998
  • 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
  • Mikrobiální ekologie vody. Edited by Věra Straškrabová. [1. vyd.]. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, 1996, 119 s. ISBN 80-85368-88-9. info
  • HUTCHINSON, G. Evelyn. A treatise on limnology. Edited by Yvette H. Edmondson. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993, 944 s. info
  • Cvičení z ekologie živočichů. Edited by Bohumil Losos. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 229 s. ISBN 8021005181. info
  • LELLÁK, Jan and František KUBÍČEK. Hydrobiologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1992, 257 s. ISBN 80-7066-530-0. info
  • LOSOS, Bohumil. Ekologie živočichů. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 316 s. info
  • KUBÍČEK, František and Miloš ZELINKA. Základy hydrobiologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1982, 140 s. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2002.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2001, recent)
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