PřF:Bi9535 Ecology of algae and cyanobact - Course Information
Bi9535 Ecology of algae and cyanobacteria
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2013
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2. 4 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Bohuslav Uher, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- RNDr. Bohuslav Uher, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Bohuslav Uher, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Tue 12:00–15:50 BpsR
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( B1090 System phylog. lower plants || Bi1090 Phylog. & diver. algae & fungi )
- 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
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
- Course objectives
- To familiarize basic ecology of algae (cyanobacteria included);
To span the breadth of algal chemical ecology from the perspective of basic ecology;
To understand physic-chemical principles of algal ecology inside fresh-water, marine and (sub)aerial habitats;
To help algal ecologists understand the chemistry underlyimg chemical ecological studies;
The focus on geography and habitat with the relativelly wel-studied tropical and temperate marine communities and the relatively understudied freshwater and polar marine communities;
The utility of macroalgae across latitudes and habitats as models for testing and expanding broad ecological theories;
The most new area in algal ecology - Algal Chemical Ecology; - Syllabus
- Introduction to algal ecology
- Conceptual Framework
- Compound classes (Terpenes, Polyketides, Shikimates, etc.)
- Algal Chemistry
- Algal Chemical Defences
- Cyanobacterial Defences
- Macroalgal Models in Testing and Extending Defence Theories
- Ecological and Physiological Roles of Dimethylsulfonionpropionate
- Influence of Algal Secondary Metaboliteson Plankton Community Structure
- Algal Sensory Chemical Ecology (sexual communication)
- Literature
- Amsler, D. Charles (Ed.). Algal Chemical Ecology. Berlin Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag, 2008. 313 s.
- Stevenson, R. J., Bothwell, M. L. & Lowe, R. L., Algal ecology - Freshwater benthic ecosystems. Academic Press, 1996. 752 s.
- Wetzel R. G. & Likens,G. E., Limnological Analyses. - Springer Verlag, N. Y., Berlin, Heidelberg, London, Paris etc., (Second Edition), 1991. 391 s.
- Round F. A., Ecology of algae. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1981. 653 s.,.
- KOMÁREK, Jiří and Konstantínos ANAGNOSTÍDIS. Cyanoprokaryota. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 2000, vi, 548. ISBN 9783827421111. info
- Reynolds C. S., The ecology of freshwater phytoplankton. - Cambr. Univ. Press, 1984. 384 s.
- KOMÁREK, Jiří and Konstantínos ANAGNOSTÍDIS. Cyanoprokaryota. 1st pub. München: Elsevier, 2005, 759 s. ISBN 3827409195. info
- Hauer, F. R. & Lamberti, G. A., Stream ecology, 1996. 646 s.
- UHER, Bohuslav, Marina ABOAL and Lubomír KOVÁČIK. Epilithic and chasmoendolithic phycoflora of monuments and buildings in South-Eastern Spain. Cryptogamie Algologie. Paris: Elsevier Masson S.A.S., 2005, vol. 26, No 3, p. 275-308, 33 pp. ISSN 0181-1568. info
- UHER, Bohuslav, Lubomír KOVÁČIK, Peter DEGMA and Anna VOZÁROVÁ. Distribúcia cyanobaktérií a rias na stavebnom kameni Presbytéria Dómu sv. Martina v Bratislave (Distribution of cyanobacteria and algae on building stones of Presbyterium of the St. Martin´s Cathedral in Bratislava). Bulletin Slovenskej botanickej spoločnosti pri SAV. Bratislava: Slovenská botanická spoločnosť, 2006, vol. 28, p. 11-20. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussion
- Assessment methods
- oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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