PřF:Bi6360 Limnobiology - Course Information

Bi6360 Hydrobiology (Limnobiology)

Faculty of Science
Spring 2014

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Jan Helešic, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Wed 9:00–10:50 D32/329

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Bi1030&&Bi7451&&(Bi6360c||now(Bi6360c))

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

Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (programme PřF, B-EB)
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (programme PřF, B-EB, specialization Zoology)
Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)

Course objectives

Basic course of limnoecology - ecology of groundwater, spring, running water and standing water ekosystems.

Syllabus

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 colonization cycle. Longitudinal zonation. Use and misuse of inland waters - pollution, effects of man on watercourses. Effect of low discharges on the river biota.

Literature

Jacob Kalff: Limnology. Inland Water Ecosystems. Prentice Hall, New Jersey 2002
LAMPERT, Winfried and Ulrich SOMMER. Limnoecology : the ecology of lakes and streams. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, xiv, 382. ISBN 0195095928. 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
WETZEL, Robert G. Limnology : lake and river ecosystems. 3rd ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 2001, xvi, 1006. ISBN 0127447601. info
LELLÁK, Jan and František KUBÍČEK. Hydrobiologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1992, 257 s. ISBN 80-7066-530-0. 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
HUTCHINSON, G. Evelyn. A treatise on limnology. Edited by Yvette H. Edmondson. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993, 944 s. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, class discussion.

Assessment methods

Oral exam.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses