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Course: Aquatic conservation

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Course title Aquatic conservation
Course code KBE/047
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in the summer semester.
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kolář Vojtěch, RNDr. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Blabolil Petr, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Content of lectures: 1. Introduction: natural history and conservation, water and aquatic ecosystems, aquatic environment in the Anthropocene 2. Aquatic conservation: macrophytes, invertebrates, vertebrates, IUCN Red List and extinction risks 3. Fish conservation and fisheries management, aquaculture: diseases and impacts 4. Aquatic biological invasions 5. Ecosystem and watershed management, river fragmentation and hydropower production, habitat restoration, aquatic protected areas 6. Marine conservation: climate change, ocean acidification, coral bleaching 7. Water quality, trophic state and eutrophication, aquatic pollution: from metals to microplastics, aquatic pathology and toxicology 8. Aquatic population ecology and conservation, conservation genetics and biodiversity, ex-situ conservation measures 9. Aquatic monitoring tools: pollution indices, metabarcoding, eDNA, citizen science, ecoinformatics, Big Data, iEcology and conservation culturomics 10. Conservation social science, society and aquatic resources, social research methods in aquatic conservation 11. Evidence-based aquatic conservation, environmental communication, activism, advocacy, conservation interventions 12. Global and European aquatic conservation policy Content of practicals: 1. Review reading material, debates 2. Group project assignments 3. Computer exercises: population modelling, Population Viability Analysis (PVA) 4. Computer exercises: biodiversity indices 5. Essays, joint scientific publication writing 6. Practical teaching, visits to selected labs 7. Field study

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Excursion, Individual tutoring, Practical training, Group work, Case studies, Blended learning
  • Field trip - 8 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 20 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course will provide an overview of the major conservation issues related to freshwater and marine ecosystems. Students will become acquainted with diverse impacts and challenges aquatic environment faces, and have an opportunity to discuss activities, methods and strategies that can help solve these challenges. The aim of the practicals is develop critical thinking skills regarding the impacts and possible solutions. Course will cover all aquatic habitats, but with main emphasis on freshwater environment.
The students will receive an overview of the major conservation issues related to freshwater and marine ecosystems. They will become acquainted with diverse impacts and challenges aquatic environment faces, and develop critical thinking skills regarding the impacts and possible solutions.
Prerequisites
The course is suitable for the students who have basic knowledge of ecology. General knowledge of limnology is recommended.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

To meet basic course requirements for successful exam (minimum 50%).
Recommended literature
  • Arlinghaus, R., Abbott, J. K., Fenichel, E. P., et al. (2019). Opinion: Governing the recreational dimension of global fisheries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(12), 5209-5213..
  • Dulvy, N. K., Sadovy, Y., & Reynolds, J. D. (2003). Extinction vulnerability in marine populations. Fish and Fisheries 4(1), 25-64..
  • Mace, G. M., Collar, N. J., Gaston, K. J., et al. (2008). Quantification of extinction risk: IUCN's system for classifying threatened species. Conservation Biology 22(6), 1424-1442..
  • Padilla, D. K., & Williams, S. L. (2004). Beyond ballast water: aquarium and ornamental trades as sources of invasive species in aquatic ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(3), 131-138..
  • Primack, R. B., & Sher, A. (2016). Introduction to Conservation Biology. 1st edition. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates..
  • Primack, R. B. (2014). Essentials of Conservation Biology. 6th edition. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates..
  • Strayer, D. L., & Dudgeon, D. (2010). Freshwater biodiversity conservation: recent progress and future challenges. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29(1), 344-358.
  • Učební pomůcky: Prezentace, výukový materiál, doporučené internetové odkazy, literatura, politické dokumenty..
  • van Rees, C. B., Waylen, K. A., Schmidt-Kloiber, A., Thackeray, S. J., Kalinkat, G., Martens, K., Domisch, S., Lilleb?, A. I., Hermoso, V., Grossart, H., Schinegger, R., Decleer, K., Adriaens, T., Denys, L., Jarić, I., Janse, J. H., Monaghan, M. T., De Wever, A., Geijzendorffer, I., Adamescu, M. C., & Jähnig, S. C. Safeguarding Freshwater Life Beyond 2020: Recommendations for the New Global Biodiversity Framework from the European Experience. Preprints 2020, 2020010212 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202001.0212.v1)..


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 19.04.2024 23:50. Data created for academic year 2023/2024