Bi9555 Diatomology - identification course

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Hutňan Chattová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Barbora Hutňan Chattová, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Barbora Hutňan Chattová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( Bi1090 Phylog. & diver. algae & fungi && Bi1090c Phyl. & div. algae & fungi -pr )&&( Bi9560 Basic diatomology ||NOW( Bi9560 Basic diatomology ))||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
Course objectives
We offer this subject as a practical course to Bi9560 Basic diatomology. Students can try the basic diatomology field work, microscopy of the living material, they will learn how to mount cleaned diatom frustules into Naphrax- to make permanent diatom slides, and finally they will observe the samples under the microscope and the will learn how to distinguish the diatom genera and species. They will study the main morphological features on the frustules under the microscope.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to: distinguish basic morphological terms (valve, raphe, central pores, axial area, costae, stiae); understand the most crucial identification features of diatoms; work with information on bioindication, diversity and autoecology;understand important field and laboratory methods used in diatomology.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, fieldwork I
  • 2. Fieldwork 2
  • 3. Fieldwork 3
  • 4. Microscopy (living samples)
  • 5. Microscopy (living samples)
  • 6. Metrics, diatom indices
  • 7. Preparing of permanent slides 1
  • 8. Preparing of permanent slides 2
  • 9. Microscopy of permanent slides
  • 10. Microscopy of permanent slides
  • 11. The use of diatoms as bioindicators
  • 12. Critical genera of diatoms- permanent slides
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BRABCOVÁ, Blažena, Petr MARVAN, Libuše OPATŘILOVÁ, Karel BRABEC, Markéta FRÁNKOVÁ and Jiří HETEŠA. Diatoms in water quality assessment: to count or not to count them? Hydrobiologia. DORDRECHT: Springer, 2017, vol. 795, No 1, p. 113-127. ISSN 0018-8158. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3123-5. URL info
  • ZIDAROVA, Ralitsa, Kateřina KOPALOVÁ and Bart VAN DE VIJVER. Diatoms from the Antarctic Region : maritime Antarctica. Edited by Sarah A. Spaulding - Marina Potapova - Horst Lange-Bertalot. Schmitten-Oberreifenberg: Koeltz Botanical Books, 2016, vii, 504. ISBN 9783946583059. info
  • The diatoms : applications for the environmental and earth sciences. Edited by John Paul Smol - Eugene F. Stoermer. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010, xviii, 667. ISBN 9780521509961. info
  • HOUK, Václav. Atlas of freshwater centric diatoms with a brief key and descriptions. 1st ed. Olomouc: Palacký University, 2003, 27 s. ISBN 8024406616. info
Teaching methods
Power point presentations, field works, microscopy of living and permanent slides
Assessment methods
test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: podzimní semestr sudých let.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
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