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Environmental Monitoring

Summary

The course is focused on the inputs of pollutants into individual components of the environment, their transport and transformation in these components, including its influence. Attention is also paid to the assessment of risks associated with the presence of pollutants in the environment. The possibility of limiting the entry of pollutants into the environment and their elimination from the environment is also addressed. Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to focus on methods of research and monitoring of pollutants in individual components of the environment so that the student obtains a comprehensive overview of the most important contaminants and methods of their determination.

Literature

FRANCIS, B. M. Toxic substances in the environment. New York: J. Wiley, c1994. ISBN 978-0471507819 .
EVANGELOU, V. P. Environmental soil and water chemistry: principles and applications. New York: John Wiley, c1998. ISBN 978-0471165156 .
BURDEN, F. R. Environmental monitoring handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2002. ISBN 9780071351768 .

Advised literature

COCKERHAM, L. G. a Barbara S. SHANE. Basic environmental toxicology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, c1994. ISBN 9780849388514 .
Magazines, e.g. Earth System Monitoring (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).


Language of instruction čeština
Code 546-0989
Abbreviation MSŽP
Course title Environmental Monitoring
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Eva Pertile, Ph.D.