Course Details
Hydrobiology and Ecotoxicology
Academic Year 2024/25
NCA005 course is part of 1 study plan
NPC-SIV Summer Semester 1st year
The basic hydrobiological expressions, biology of stagnant and running waters, self-purification processes in surface water, eutrophication, determination of saprobic sytem of surface water, biology of underground water, biological indicators of pollution.
The basic ecotoxicological principles, kinds of toxic effects, factors affecting toxicity, environmental monitoring, problem of xenobiotics, ecotoxigological biotests, legislation.
The basic ecotoxicological principles, kinds of toxic effects, factors affecting toxicity, environmental monitoring, problem of xenobiotics, ecotoxigological biotests, legislation.
Credits
3 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
summer
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
graded course-unit credit
Entry Knowledge
general knowledge on biology, ability to do laboratory work, ability to evaluate laboratory results, writing the reports, measurements data processing
Aims
Basic knowledge of hydrobiology and aquatic ecotoxicology.
Student will master the aim of the subject, i.e. basic knowledge of hydrobiology and aquatic ecotoxicology.
Student will master the aim of the subject, i.e. basic knowledge of hydrobiology and aquatic ecotoxicology.
Basic Literature
ANDĚL, Petr. Ekotoxikologie, bioindikace a biomonitoring. Liberec: Evernia, 2011. ISBN 9788090378797. (cs)
SLÁDEČKOVÁ, Alena a Vladimír SLÁDEČEK. Hydrobiologie. Praha: České vysoké učení technické, 1995. ISBN 80-01-01298-0. (cs)
KOČÍ, Vladimír a Klára MOCOVÁ. Ekotoxikologie pro chemiky. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7080-699-9. (cs)
SLÁDEČKOVÁ, Alena a Vladimír SLÁDEČEK. Hydrobiologie. Praha: České vysoké učení technické, 1995. ISBN 80-01-01298-0. (cs)
KOČÍ, Vladimír a Klára MOCOVÁ. Ekotoxikologie pro chemiky. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7080-699-9. (cs)
Recommended Reading
VYBÍRALOVÁ, Pavla. Hydrobiologie a ekotoxikologie - opory pro kombinované studium. VUT, 2010. (cs)
ŘÍHOVÁ AMBROŽOVÁ, Jana. Aplikovaná a technická hydrobiologie. Vyd. 2. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, 2003. ISBN 80-7080-521-8. (cs)
ADÁMEK, Zdeněk. Aplikovaná hydrobiologie. Vodňany: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Výzkumný ústav rybářský a hydrobiologický, 2008. ISBN 978-80-85887-79-2. (cs)
HOFFMAN, David J. Handbook of ecotoxicology. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 2003. ISBN 1-56670-546-0. (en)
ŘÍHOVÁ AMBROŽOVÁ, Jana. Aplikovaná a technická hydrobiologie. Vyd. 2. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, 2003. ISBN 80-7080-521-8. (cs)
ADÁMEK, Zdeněk. Aplikovaná hydrobiologie. Vodňany: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Výzkumný ústav rybářský a hydrobiologický, 2008. ISBN 978-80-85887-79-2. (cs)
HOFFMAN, David J. Handbook of ecotoxicology. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 2003. ISBN 1-56670-546-0. (en)
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
- 1. Basic hydrobiological and ecological concepts.
- 2. Hydrobiology of stagnant and running water, self-purification.
- 3. Trophic classifications of surface water.
- 4. Saprobic system of surface water quality assessment.
- 5. Biology of underground water.
- 6. Biological indicators of pollution.
- 7. Basic ecotoxicological concepts, kinds of toxicity, factors affecting toxicity.
- 8. Main pollutants in environment.
- 9. Effects of xenobiotics on organisms.
- 10. Sampling and sample preparation, factors affecting results.
- 11. Ecotoxicological biotests.
- 12. Evaluation of toxicity tests, interpretation of results.
- 13. Legislation. Audiovisual presentation of ecotoxicological biotests.
Exercise
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
- 1. Safety training and laboratory regulations. Field and experimental records, measurement protocol.
- 2. Microscopy - sample preparation and observation. Description of observe in a protocol.
- 3. Ecotoxicological biotest –Sinapis alba.
- 4. Ecotoxicological biotest – Lemna minor.
- 5. The methodology of collection of water and sediment samples.
- 6. Anthropogenic impact on stagnant and running water.