Students are given presentations from lectures. Content of lectures: Systematics of Mollusca into order level. Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora , Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. 2. Gastropoda: body plan, shell, anatomy. 3. Marine gastropods, their biology, economical important and biologically interesting species. 4. Bionomy of land snails. Relationships of snail communities with vegetation and geological background. 5.Significance for geology (mainly of quartery). 6. Regional freshwater snails, area and bionomy of representatives of Viviparidae, Melaniidae, Valvatidae, Hydrobiidae, Acmidae, Nerithidae, Lymnaeidae, Planorbidae, Physidae, Ellobiidae and Ancylidae. 7. Bivalvia: body plan, shell, anatomy, representatives of individual orders. 8. Molluscs as vectors of parasites, human a veterinary medicin. Geographical distribution of the most important vectors. 9. Control of vectors by moluscocides and by biological agents. 10. Breadings: cultivation of Cornu aspersa, Margaritifera margaritifera, aquacultures of marine bivalves. 11. Diseases in cultures, prevence, therapy. 12. Mollusc collections, literature. Molluscs and culture Content of practices: 1. Laboratory practicals with important mollusc taxa. 2. Snail dissection, drawing of reproductive system. 3. Collection of shells of marine molluscs. 4. Identification of families of land snails (Helicidae, Zonitidae, Pupillidae). 5. cont. (Clausiliidae, Coclicopidae, Daudebardiidae, Succineidae, Enidae, Valloniidae, Endontidae, Arionidae, Limacidae). 6. . Identification of families of freshwater snails Viviparidae, Melaniidae, Valvatidae, Hydrobiidae, Acmidae, Nerithidae, Lymnaeidae, Planorbidae, Physidae, Ellobiidae a Ancylidae. 7. . Identification of families of Czech bivalves: Anodonta, Unio, Margaritifera, Sphaerium, Pisidium, Dreissensia. 8. Observation of parthenogenetic stages of flukes. 9. Parasitological dissection of a snail, larval stages of flukes, tapeworms and nematods. 10. Field observation in fish ponds. 11. Field trip to Vyšenské kopce (limestone). 12. 13. Malacological excursion on Pálava hills and Dyje river
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