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Lecturer(s)
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Kaňa Jiří, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Bárta Jiří, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: Hydrological cycle, troposhere structure, spatial structure of lotic and lenitic aquatic ecosystems, sediment-water interactions, food chains, seasonal dynamics. Main groups of pollutants: organic toxicants, heavy metals, microbes (bacteria, viruses, yeasts, parasitic protists), nutrient overloading, sulphur and nitrogen oxides, personal care products, hormons, pharmaceuticals. Natural and human induced origin of polluntants, occurrence in the environment, degradability or immobilisation by organisms.Processes in the atmosphere, acid rains, acidification. Transportation and air pollution. Nutrient loading, fertilization, eutrophication.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Excursion
- Semestral paper
- 5 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 5 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 10 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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To show the main groups of pollutants in water and atmosphere. To present fundamental knowledge on aquatic ecosystems and troposphere structure. To show the approach to pollution evaluation in aquatic ecosystems and atmosphere. To practisize basic methods for the assess ment of microbiologial and biologial pollutants in water and air.
Orientation in basic groups of contaminats and pollutants, knowledge of risks of potentially polluting substances, knowledge of main sources of aquatic and atmospheric pollution
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Prerequisites
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basic knowledge of anorganic and organic chemistry, soil and water ecology
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined exam, Test
To write an essay
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Recommended literature
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Maier R. M., Pepper I. L., Gerba C. P.: Environmental Microbiology. Academic Press, San Diego, 2000.
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Rana S. V. S.: Environmental Pollution: Health and Toxicology. Alpha Science, International Ltd., Oxford, 2011.
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John P. Smol. Pollution of Lakes and Rivers - a Paleoenvironmental Perspective. Blackwell Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4051-5913-5.
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Pleijel H. Transboundary Air Pollution. 2007. ISBN 978-91-44-00471-6.
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Stanley E. Manahan. Environmental Chemistry 9th edition. CRC Press, USA, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4200-5920-5.
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