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Basics of Hydrobiology and Microbiology

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0135/01
Abbreviation MBH
Course title Basics of Hydrobiology and Microbiology
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Hana Vojtková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the study - basic microbiological, ecological and hydrobiological terms
2. Water as an ecosystem, typology of aquatic ecosystems, biocenosis of water
3. Overview of basic groups of microorganisms in waters and their ecological functions
4. Destructors in waters - viruses
5. Destructors - bacteria in waters
6. Destructors in extreme water conditions - archea
7. Destructors - microscopic fungi
8. Producers - cyanobacteria, the importance of cyanobacteria toxicity
9. Producers - algae and their importance in waters
10. Cyanobacteria and algae in water eutrophication, water acidification
11. Consumers - Protozoa in waters
12. Consumers - Metazoa - Cnidaria, Cycloneuralia, microscopic crustaceans
13. Fundamental microbiological analysis of water, quantitative and qualitative hydrobiological analysis of water

Literature

ŘÍHOVÁ AMBROŽOVÁ, J. Mikrobiologie v technologii vod. Praha: VŠCHT Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7080-676-0
ALLAN, D. J. a M. M. CASTILLO. Stream Ecology. Springer, 2007, 436 s. ISBN 978-1-4020-5582-9 
ANANTHANARAYAN, P. Textbook of Microbiology. Orient Blackswan, 2005
TYAGI, R. Textbook of Hydrobiology. Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010. ISBN 978-8-1835-6557-8 

Advised literature

ABER, J. S., F. PAVRI a S. W. ABER. Wetland Environments: A global perspective. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, 421 s.
BECKMAN D. W. Marine Environmental Biology and Conservation. Burlington: Jones & Barlett learnings, 2013, 451 s.
LAMPERT, W. a U. SOMMER. Limnoecology: The ecology of lakes and streams. New York: Oxford university press, 2007, 324 s.


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