PřF:Bi7684 River Ecology - Course Information
Bi7684 Selected topics of river ecology
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2010 - only for the accreditation
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Jan Helešic, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Světlana Zahrádková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marie Zhai, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Jan Helešic, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Jan Helešic, Ph.D. - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( Bi6083 Bakalářská státní závěrečná zkouška ze systematické biologie a ekologie || Bi6360 Limnobiology )&& SOUHLAS
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Biology - Museology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Zoology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
- Course objectives
- Additional and extension course to basic hydrobiology. At the end of this course, students should be able to: understand and be able to explain news, hypotheses and theories in ecology of river systems.
- Syllabus
- Theory of colonization cycyle and mechanisms of permanent proceses in running waters, theory of river continuum and diskontinuum, principles of ecological evaluation of rivers,recovery of river continuum and floodplains
- Literature
- GILLER, Paul S. and Björn MALMQVIST. The biology of streams and rivers. 1st publ. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, vii, 296 s. ISBN 0-19-854977-4. info
- Fluvial hydrosystems. Edited by Geoffrey E. Petts - C. Amoros. 1st ed. New York: Chapman & Hall, 1996, xii, 322. ISBN 0412371006. info
- HAKANSON, Lars and Robert Henry PETERS. Predictive limnology : methods for predictive modelling. Amsterdam: SPB Academic Publishing, 1995, ix, 464. ISBN 9051031041. info
- ALLAN, David J. Stream ecology : structure and function of running waters. 1st ed. London: Chapman & Hall, 1995, 388 s. ISBN 0-412-35530-2. info
- The rivers handbook : hydrological and ecological principles. Edited by Peter Calow - Geoffrey E. Petts. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell scientific publications, 1994, 523 s. ISBN 0632029854. info
- HUTCHINSON, G. Evelyn. A treatise on limnology. Edited by Yvette H. Edmondson. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993, 944 s. info
- The rivers handbook : hydrological and ecological principles. Edited by Peter Calow - Geoffrey E. Petts. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell scientific publications, 1992, 526 s. ISBN 0632028327. info
- Assessment methods
- Lectures with class discussion. Oral exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: sudé roky nebo podle počtu studentů specializace hydrobiologie.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je vypisován v sudých letech.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz je přednostně určen pro hydrobiology
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, recent)
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