Course: Planctonic Invertebrates (practical course)

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Course title Planctonic Invertebrates (practical course)
Course code KBE/453
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in the summer semester.
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Přikryl Ivo, RNDr.
  • Šorf Michal, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Course is aimed at the one of the following group each year: Rotifera, Cladocera, Copepoda Content of practices: - morphology and anatomy - systematics anf taxonomy - ecology - determination

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration, Laboratory
  • Class attendance - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course increases capability to determine aquatic invertebrate organisms, mainly Cladocera, Copepoda and Rotifera, but also several others (aquatic Acari, Ostracoda etc.). The goal is to provide comprehensive information regarding taxa distribution, determination literature and methods of the manipulation with the specimens. Practical determination is included.
Student will be able to determine invertebrate plankton organisms.
Prerequisites
Course introduces to plankton determination and does not require specific knowledge.

Assessment methods and criteria
Interview

Active participation during the course.
Recommended literature
  • Bartoš E. Vířníci - Rotatoria, Fauna ČSR svazek 15. Nakladatelství ČSAV, Praha, 1959.
  • Dussart & Defaye. COPEPODA. Introduction to the Copepoda. SPB Academic Publishing bv, 2001.
  • Hudec I. Fauna Slovenska. Anomopoda, Ctenopoda, Haplopoda, Onychopoda (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). VEDA, Bratislava, 2010.
  • Koste W. Rotatoria. Die Radertiere Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungswerk begrundet von Max Voigt. Stuttgart, Borntrager, 1978.
  • Šrámek-Hušek R., Straškraba M., Brtek J. Lupenonožci - Branchiopoda. Nakladatelství ČSAV, Praha, 1962.
  • Wallace, Snell, Ricci & Nogrady. ROTIFERA. Volume 1: Biology, ecology and systematics.. Backhuys Publishers & Kenobi Publishers, 2006.


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