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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Hydrobiology

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0325/02
Abbreviation HydBiol
Course title Hydrobiology
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Limnology , development of Hydrobiology , geological and biotypologické distribution of water , the water cycle in nature.
2. Groundwater - types of permeability rocks, groundwater circulation , distribution of groundwater chemical and physical properties of groundwater , groundwater biota .
3. The process of groundwater pollution - groundwater response of organisms to various types of pollution, groundwater remediation methods .
4. Standing water - the basic physical and chemical properties (density , viscosity, hydrostatic pressure , solar radiation , transparency, thermal regime , surface tension , electrical conductivity , redox potential , pH, water color ) .
5. Biogeochemical Cycles in water - cycle of oxygen , carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, iron and manganese , silicon.
6. Structure of stagnant water biota ( plankton , benthos , nekton , pleuston ) .
7. Running water - the basic physical and chemical properties. The structure of biota ( plankton , drift, phytobenthos , zoobenthos , nekton ) communities changes in the longitudinal profile of the flow under natural conditions .
8. The biological productivity of water and food chains in aquatic ecosystems .
9. Self-cleaning water flows - physical and chemical processes of self-purification , the impact of pollution on the occurrence of aquatic organisms, successional stage self-cleaning , dealing with emergency situations in the flow.
10. The process of surface water pollution - sources and types of pollutants (mineral and putrid sludge, toxic substances , radioactive substances , the heated waste water , waste water and oily substances and petroleum products , waste water with pathogenic organisms , contaminated water from landfills ) .
11. Acidification of aquatic ecosystems - sources of acidity , the effect of acidification on aquatic organisms .
12. Eutrophication of stagnant water - definition , causes eutrophication , the development of cyanobacteria and their toxicity , biological and technical measures to reduce eutrophication
13. Wastewater Treatment - Biological wastewater treatment. Technology for sewage treatment.
14. Sampling of waste water.
15. The use of organisms as biosorbents for wastewater treatment .

Literature

ALLAN, D.: Stream ekology, Champan & Hall, 2-6 Boundary Row, London, 1995.
ALLAN, D.,J. and CASTILLO, M., M.: Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of
Running Waters, Springer; 2nd ed. edition, 2007.
HYNES, H.B.N.: The ecology of running water, 1970, Liverpool University Press

Advised literature

KALFF, J.: Limnology, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2002.