E2030 Environment & Health - Week Field Trip

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Roman Prokeš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jakub Urík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Roman Prokeš, Ph.D.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to provide the first contact of the “Environment & Health“ students with real field methods for environmental studies.
Learning outcomes
After this course, the student will be able to: - describe basic sampling methods used in environmental practice - describe RECETOX monitoring networks and other global monitoring of environmental pollutants including their fate of specific substances - perform hydrobiological sampling method of waters for bioindication purposes - describe basic activities and measurement programmes of the National Atmospheric Observatory Košetice - perform monitoring of aquatic environments for chemical analysis - perform phytocenological survey including plant identification - perform bioindication of soil conditions - perform pedological sampling method - to discuss various aspects of field techniques
Syllabus
  • Exercise programme Monday - arrival, accommodation, introduction to the content of the exercise, basic theory, environmental game, film Tuesday - hydrobilogical survey, invertebrates Wednesday - National Atmospheric Observatory Košetice Thursday - monitoring of aquatic environment, phytocenological survey including plant identification Friday - bioindication of algae and cyanobacteria, pedological survey, end of the course
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HOLOUBEK, Ivan, Alena ANSORGOVÁ, Jiří KOHOUTEK, Irena HOLOUBKOVÁ, M. VÁŇA, A. PACL, J. PEKÁREK and V. SMRČKOVÁ. Regional background monitoring of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic compounds in Central Europe - I:Overview of 12 years of TOCOEN project. Meteorologický časopis. Praha, 2001, vol. 4, No 2, p. 3-18. ISSN 1335-339X. info
Teaching methods
Week stay near the site of the National Atmospheric Observatory Košetice. All day terrain exercises with visiting experts. Independent work on submitted tasks. Creating final report.
Assessment methods
The condition for credit is the presence on field trip, active attitude and elaboration of protocols
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1T.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2026.
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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