Bi6750 Limnological methods

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jan Helešic, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Petr Pařil, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Světlana Zahrádková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marie Zhai, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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)
Bi6360 Limnobiology ||NOW( Bi6360 Limnobiology )
Bi1030&&Bi7451&&(Bi6360c||now(Bi6360c))
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
Course objectives
Basic course of limnoecology - practise.
Syllabus
  • 1. Information sources: maps for water authorities, annual reports, reference manuals, GIS. 2. Methods for measurement of aquatic environment parameters. 3. Sampling methods. 4. Analysis of fytoplankton samples. 5. Analysis of perifyton samples. 6. Field excursion: measurement of parameters of aquatic environment in the field, sampling - running water. 7. Field excursion: measurement of parameters of aquatic environment in the field, sampling - standing water. 8. Analysis of aquatic macroinvertebrate samples I. 9. Analysis of aquatic macroinvertebrate samples II. 10. Analysis of samples from hyporeal. 11. Analysis of zooplankton samples I. 12. Analysis of zooplankton samples II. 13. Methods of data analysis I. 14. Methods of data analysis II.
Literature
  • Methods in stream ecology. Edited by F. Richard Hauer - Gary Anthony Lamberti. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006, xv, 877. ISBN 0123329086. info
  • WETZEL, Robert G. and Gene E. LIKENS. Limnological analyses. 3rd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2000, xv, 429. ISBN 0387989285. info
  • Methoden der biologischen Wasseruntersuchung. Edited by Wolf von Tümpling - Günther Friedrich. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1999, 545 s. ISBN 3437351702. info
  • DYKYJOVÁ, Dagmar. Metody studia ekosystémů. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1989, 690 s. info
  • HRBÁČEK, Jaroslav. Limnologické metody. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 208 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with discussion, lab and field practice
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, spring 2018, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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