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Lecturer(s)
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Hejzlar Josef, doc. RNDr. CSc.
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Rulík Martin, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Course description : To give an overview of basic processes in cycling of nutrients (C, N, P, S), organic matter (primary production, humic substances), and other elements (Si, Fe, Mn, Al) within the ecosystem of "catchment-reservoir/lake" and show students how to evaluate these processes. Content of lectures: Freshwater ecosystem structure and transport of substances from catchment: hydrologic cycle and processes, types of flowing and stagnant waters, sediments, water in soil. Global and local element cycling. Primary production in freshwater ecosystems. Phosphorus: forms, reactions, occurrence, sources, interactions water-sediment, eutrophication and ith modelling, water quality management. Nitrogen: forms, reactions, transport from forest and agricultural soils. Sulphur: forms, occurrence, sources, atmospheric transport, acidification, cycling in hydrosphere. Silicon, iron, manganese, aluminium and other trace elements: forms, occurrence, sources, cycling in waters, significance for biological processes in the aquatic environment. Organic matter: transport from soil, production in water, composition, classification, characterisation, geochemical a biochemical processes with participation of organic matter.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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Course description : To give an overview of basic processes in cycling of nutrients (C, N, P, S), organic matter (primary production, humic substances), and other elements (Si, Fe, Mn, Al) within the ecosystem of "catchment-reservoir/lake" and show students how to evaluate these processes. Content of lectures: Freshwater ecosystem structure and transport of substances from catchment: hydrologic cycle and processes, types of flowing and stagnant waters, sediments, water in soil. Global and local element cycling. Primary production in freshwater ecosystems. Phosphorus: forms, reactions, occurrence, sources, interactions water-sediment, eutrophication and ith modelling, water quality management. Nitrogen: forms, reactions, transport from forest and agricultural soils. Sulphur: forms, occurrence, sources, atmospheric transport, acidification, cycling in hydrosphere. Silicon, iron, manganese, aluminium and other trace elements: forms, occurrence, sources, cycling in waters, significance for biological processes in the aquatic environment. Organic matter: transport from soil, production in water, composition, classification, characterisation, geochemical a biochemical processes with participation of organic matter.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Exam - good knowledge and orientation in modern theory of life histories on selected subjects
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Recommended literature
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Hejzlar, J. Koloběh prvků ve vodních ekosystémech a jejich povodí.
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Pitter, P. (1990). Hydrochemie.. SNTL, Praha, 567 s.
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Thurman, E.M. Organic Geochemistry of Natural Waters. Dordrecht, 1985.
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Ward, A.D., Elliot, W.J. Environmental Hydrology. CRC Press, Boca Raton 1995.
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Wetzel, R.G. (2000). Limnology. 2. vydání, W.B. Saunders Comp., Philadelphia, 1985. Springer-Verlag, New York, 429 pp.
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