| Course Unit Code | 546-0068/05 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Optional |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Summer Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| STA35 | doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc. |
| NOV42 | RNDr. Jana Nováková, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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1. The position of hydrobiology in science system, water as a living environment
2. Physical and chemical factors of static and flowing waters
3. Cycle of fundamental elements in waters, salinity
4. Ecosystem of static and flowing waters
5. Characteristics and revival of underground waters and streams, moorlands and saline waters
6. Fundamentals of hydrobotany
7. Bioindication in waters
8. Applied limnology |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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After completion of this subject students will understand basic
characteristics of water environment, the evolving and categorization of
freshwater communities, the pollution of water ecosystems by wastewater and
some additional issues (acidification, eutrofication etc.).
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| Course Contents |
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1. Limnology, origin and development of hydrobiology, geological and biotypological distribution of water, water cycle in nature.
2. Groundwater.
3. The process of groundwater pollution.
4. Standing water.
5. The cycle of substances in water.
6. Structure of stagnant water biocenoses
7. Running water
8. Surface water pollution.
9. Self-cleaning of watercourses.
10. Flow changes and the effect of flow adjustments. Technical changes of the flow profile.
11. Methods of revitalization of watercourses. Restoration of riparian vegetation.
12. Acidification of aquatic ecosystems.
13. Eutrophication of stagnant waters.
14. Wastewater treatment.
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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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
KALFF, J.: Limnology, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2002.
http://www.hgf.vsb.cz/hgf/stud/sylaby/546/Ekologicke%20aspekty/index.html
STALMACHOVÁ, B.: Biology and Hydrobiology. VŠB - TU Ostrava, 2007 (CD).
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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.
AMBROŽOVÁ, J.:Aplikovaná a technická hydrobiologie,2001, Skriptum VŠCHT Praha, www.vscht.cz
AMBROŽOVÁ, J.: Mikroskopické praktikum z hydrobiologie, 2002,Skriptum VŠCHT Praha.
HARTMAN, P. a kol.: Hydrobiologie, 1998, Praha.
HYNES, H.B.N.: The ecology of running water, 1970, Liverpool University Press
KALFF, J.: Limnology, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2002.
LELLÁK, J., KUBÍČEK, F.: Hydrobiologie, 1992, UK Praha.
SUKOP, I.: Aplikovaná hydrobiologie, 1998, MZLU Brno.
STALMACHOVÁ, B.: Hydrobiologie. Učební texty VŠB TU Ostrava 2007 (CD nosič)
ZELINKA, M., KUBÍČEK, F.: Základy aplikované hydrobiologie, 1985, Praha SPN.
http://www.hgf.vsb.cz/hgf/stud/sylaby/546/Ekologicke%20aspekty/index.html
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| Recommended Reading: |
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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
KALFF, J.: Limnology, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2002.
http://www.hgf.vsb.cz/hgf/stud/sylaby/546/Ekologicke%20aspekty/index.html
STALMACHOVÁ, B.: Biology and Hydrobiology. VŠB - TU Ostrava, 2007 (CD).
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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.
AMBROŽOVÁ, J.:Aplikovaná a technická hydrobiologie,2001, Skriptum VŠCHT Praha, www.vscht.cz
AMBROŽOVÁ, J.: Mikroskopické praktikum z hydrobiologie, 2002,Skriptum VŠCHT Praha.
HARTMAN, P. a kol.: Hydrobiologie, 1998, Praha.
HYNES, H.B.N.: The ecology of running water, 1970, Liverpool University Press
KALFF, J.: Limnology, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2002.
LELLÁK, J., KUBÍČEK, F.: Hydrobiologie, 1992, UK Praha.
SUKOP, I.: Aplikovaná hydrobiologie, 1998, MZLU Brno.
STALMACHOVÁ, B.: Hydrobiologie. Učební texty VŠB TU Ostrava 2007 (CD nosič)
ZELINKA, M., KUBÍČEK, F.: Základy aplikované hydrobiologie, 1985, Praha SPN.
http://www.hgf.vsb.cz/hgf/stud/sylaby/546/Ekologicke%20aspekty/index.html
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Terrain work |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Tasks are not Defined |