Unit APPLIED ECOTOXICOLOGY
- Course
- Biology
- Study-unit Code
- GP004088
- Curriculum
- Bionutrizionistico
- Teacher
- Antonia Concetta Elia
- Teachers
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- Antonia Concetta Elia
- Hours
- 47 ore - Antonia Concetta Elia
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline del settore biodiversità e ambiente
- Academic discipline
- BIO/07
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- toxicity assessments, contaminants; diagnostic and prognostic tools; Predictive systems in ecotoxicology; Environmental monitoring; Ecological Risk Assessment, Practical training in laboratory.
- Reference texts
- Vighi e Bacci, Edizione 2006. Ecotossicologia, UTET
Fossi MC. Biomarkers: Strumenti di diagnosi e prognosi ambientale. Rosni EditriceSRL. Firenze pp 128.
C.H. Walker, R.M. Sibly, S.P. Hopkin, D.B. Peakall, 2012. Principles of Ecotoxicology, Fourth edition.
A TEXTBOOK OF MODERN TOXICOLOGY THIRD EDITION Edited by Ernest Hodgson, 2004. A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION - Educational objectives
- Aim of the course is to provide the basis for understanding and studying the effects of toxic substances at different levels of ecological complexity (individual, population, community), also considering their circulation modes in environment. In the context of the course will be addressed the ecotoxicological indicators for protection and assessment of ecosystems health, especially the aquatic ones, inrelation to the impact of priority and emerging pollutants.
- Prerequisites
- The student must have basic knowledge of ecology and chemistry.
- Teaching methods
- Face to face; Practical training;
- Other information
- Attendance to the course: Recommended
- Learning verification modality
- Final oral exam on the course contents.
- Extended program
- Introduction to Applied Ecotoxicology. The main contaminants. Toxicity and Damage assessment; Bioassays. Biomonitoring. Diagnostic and prognostic tools: bioindicators bio-accumulators, and biomarkers; QSAR analysis. Environmental Quality Criteria. Biogeochemical cycles of micro pollutants. Partition coefficient. Bioconcentration, bioaccumulation; biomagnification. Degradation processes. Fugacity model. Ecological Risk Assessment. Sustainable development. Environmental impact assessment (VIA). EU regulation on chemicals (REACH). Environmental Pollution. Practical training in laboratory: biochemical application for the measurement of biomarkers of oxidative stress in aquatic organisms