E2030 Environment & Health - Week Field Trip

Faculty of Science
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Roman Prokeš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jakub Urík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Roman Prokeš, Ph.D.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to provide the first contact of the “Environment & Health“ students with real field methods for environmental studies.
Learning outcomes
After this course, the student will be able to:
- to characterize the activity of the CHMI observatory and describe its measuring equipment
- to perform hydrological and hydrobiological sampling, to recognize basic types of organisms
- to sample soil and soil biota, to recognize basic types of organisms, to describe the soil profile and to interpret the pedological probe
- to take an air sample
- to perform a phytocaenosis survey and identify the basic plant species
- to discuss various aspects of field techniques
Syllabus
  • Day 1: arrival, accommodation, getting acquainted with the content of the field trip
  • 1st day afternoon: introduction of the observatory and its methods for environmental quality monitoring
  • 2nd - 5th day: thematic areas "soil, water, air" during which the students in the half-day blocks will learn the following topics:
  • Soil:
  • a) soil survey and soil sampling
  • (b) Soil and soil biota sampling, soil invertebrates determination c) Phytocaenosis survey and bioindication with plants
  • Water:
  • (a) the collection and identification of aquatic animals
  • b) sampling of flowing and standing water
  • c) sediment collection
  • (d) collection and determination of algae and cyanobacteria
  • Air:
  • (a) air emissions - active and passive sampling
  • b) monitored air quality parameters
Literature
    recommended literature
  • VÁŇA, M.; I. HOLOUBEK; A. PACL; J. PEKÁREK; V. SMRČKOVÁ; P. MACHÁLEK; Jan HELEŠIC; Zdeněk ŠEDA; V. ADAMEC; M. JANOUCH; J. HONZÁK; Alena ANSORGOVÁ; Jiří KOHOUTEK; Irena HOLOUBKOVÁ; V. SHATALOV; Sergej DUTCHAK; D. FOTTOVÁ; J. HRUŠKA; Jakub HOFMAN and Petr ANDĚL. Quality of the natural environment in the Czech Republic at the regional level. Results of the Košetice Observatory. Praha: ČHMÚ Praha, 2001, 189 pp. ISBN 80-85813-88-2. info
  • HOLOUBEK, Ivan; Alena ANSORGOVÁ; Jiří KOHOUTEK; Irena HOLOUBKOVÁ; M. VÁŇA; A. PACL; J. PEKÁREK and V. SMRČKOVÁ. Regional background monitoring of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic compounds in Central Europe - I:Overview of 12 years of TOCOEN project. Meteorologický časopis. Praha, 2001, vol. 4, No 2, p. 3-18. ISSN 1335-339X. info
Teaching methods
Week stay at Kosetice observatory of Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. All day terrain exercises with visiting experts. Independent work on submitted tasks. Creating final report.
Assessment methods
The condition for credit is the presence on field trip, active attitude and elaboration of protocols
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025, Spring 2026.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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