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Course Information

C5580 General Ecotoxicology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2000

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Miroslav Machala, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Luděk Bláha, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Supervisor

RNDr. Miroslav Machala, CSc.
Chemistry Section - Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Ladislav Dušek, Ph.D.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

NOW ( C5600 General Ecotoxicology )

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Ecotoxicology (programme PřF, M-BI)
• Environmental Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
• Ecotoxicology (programme PřF, N-BI)
• Environmental Chemistry (programme PřF, N-CH)

Course objectives

1. Basic concepts in ecotoxicology, definitions. 2. Branches within ecotoxicology. 3. Metabolism of xenobiotics (biotransformations, detoxications). 4. Energy of the cell, signal pathways, endokrine modulations. 5. Effects of pollutans organs and organisms. 6. Effects of pollutants on populations and communities. 7. Pollutants - sources, transport, fate, effects. 8. Toxicity testing. 9. Environmental toxicology, monitoring, risk assessment.

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001.

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