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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Content of lectures: Basic physical characteristics of soils, elemental composition of soil and the rocks. Soil aggregates, their structure and function. Water in soil, soil solution, solubilization and precipitation of chemical compounds, their movement in soil and interaction of soil solution with organisms. Soil air, its composition and movement, interaction of soil air with organisms. Soil composition in relation to vegetation, sorption, coagulation and peptization. Composition of mineral particles, clay, coloids, iron and alluminium oxides and hydroxides. Nutrient cycling in soil environment. Soil organic matter. Humus content in various soil types, humus quality. Chemical properties of coloidal humus particles, complexation and physiological characteristics of humus. Fractionation of soi organic matter, organo-mineral complexes. The students will be supported by the electronic version of lectures. Soil air. Soil chemistry, sorption. Clay particles, colloidal fraction, iron and alluminium oxides. Properties of mineral soil fraction. Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur cycles. Soil organic matter. Humus content in different soils. Quality of soil humus. Colloid and chemical characteristics of humus. Humic substances. Further organic substances (sacharides, waxes, rezins etc.). Interactions of soil colloids with pullutants and xenobiotics. Content of practices: Soil sampling. Analysis of selected physical and chemical characteristics of soil. Analytical methods used in soil chemistry.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Written action (comprehensive tests, clauses), Laboratory, Individual preparation for exam, Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies)
- Preparation for exam
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 30 hours per semester
- Semestral paper
- 30 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 70 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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To understand and to be able to link the problematics of soil components like mineral particles, dead organic matter, water and air, with microorganisms, animals and vegetation. To understand, who these components interact and what is the effect of physico-chemical characteristics of soil on soil organisms, on nutrient transformation and their availibility for plants and microorganisms and vice versa. To give an overview of methods used for soil analysis.
The students will be oriented in the soil chemistry and physics, they will understand interactions between physico-chemical soil characteristics and living organisms in soil.
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Prerequisites
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The student should have basic knowledge in the field of soil ecology and biogeochemical cycles.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Test
Active participation with the whole course, discussion with other participants, elaboration of seminar work and its presentation, active participation in practical lessons.
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Recommended literature
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Page A.L.: Methods of soil analysis, Madison, Wisconsin USA, 1982..
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Tan, K. H.: Principles of Soil Chemistry. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York 1993..
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Zbíral, J. a kol.: Analýza půd. ÚKZÚZ, Brno, 1997..
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Brady, Nyle C.; Weil, Ray R. The nature and properties of soils. 12th ed. Upper Saddle River : Prentice-Hall, 1999. ISBN 0-13-852444-0.
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Reddy, K. R.; DeLaune, R. D. Biogeochemistry of wetlands : science and applications. Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2008. ISBN 978-1-56670-678-0.
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Sposito, Garrison. The chemistry of soils. 2nd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-531369-7.
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Šantrůčková, Hana; Kaštovská, Eva,; Bárta, Jiří,; Miko, Ladislav,; Tajovský, Karel. Ekologie půdy. Vydání první. České Budějovice : Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7394-695-1.
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Šimek, Miloslav. Základy nauky o půdě. 1, Neživé složky půdy. 2. upravené a rozšířené vydání. České Budějovice : Biologická fakulta Jihočeské univerzity, 2005. ISBN 80-7040-747-6.
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