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Lecturer(s)
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Šigutová Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Uvíra Vladimír, RNDr. Dr.
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Course content
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Definition of hydrobiology. The importance of water. The types of water. Water as an environmental, ecological adaptation of algae, macrophytes and fauna in different types of aquatic habitats. Basic physical and chemical properties of water. The cycle of substances in water. Bottom sediments. Characteristics, structure and settlement of water: Groundwater - definition and types of groundwater, groundwater organisms - special adaptations, life cycles, and strategies. The sources - Classification of sources, living conditions for organisms, organisms springs, special adaptations, life cycles, and strategies. The running water - definition of ecosystem. Physical characteristics - flow, boundary layer, and the labor movement of water, sediments, sediments and their meaning, floodplains, temperature and light regime. Food sources - trophic groups, intra-and interspecific interactions. Seasonal cycles and life strategies of benthic organisms. Morphological and physiological adaptation rheobiontů. Periodic and immersion streams. Standing water - definition of ecosystem. Specific physical and chemical conditions - temperature stratification, seasonal thermals lakes of the temperate zone, stratification of dissolved oxygen. Types of stagnant water and their recovery, breakdown of biota stagnant water. Extreme water (bogs, salt pans, etc.). Pollution and self-purification, sources and types of pollutants, types of pollution. Saprobity, setting saprobity, eutrophication, the impact on the hydrological regime acidification. Principles of sewage treatment - mechanical, biological. The third stage of wastewater treatment. Technical equipment for biological wastewater treatment. The issue of drinking water.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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Water as an environment, ecological adaptations of plants and animals to various water habitats.
After completing the course the student will be able to: - Classify and define the different types of water (running, standing, ground, ...). - Characterize water as the environment. - To characterize communities and typical representative of each type of aquatic ecosystems. - Describe the basic physical and chemical properties of water. - Describe the principles of natural self-cleaning and technical wastewater treatment.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
ZOO/ZOBBE
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Written exam
Student must be able to present and discuss the basic facts of the above thematic areas.
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Recommended literature
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Allan, J.D., Castillo, M.M. (2008). Stream Ecology. Springer.
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Brezonik, P. L., & Arnold, W. W. (2011). Water chemistry: an introduction to the chemistry of natural and engineered aquatic systems. New York, N.Y: Oxford University Press.
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Brönmark, C., & Hansson, L. A. (2012). Chemical ecology in aquatic systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Brönmark, C., & Hansson, L. A. (2005). The biology of lakes and ponds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Calow, P., & Petts, G. E. (1994). The rivers handbook: hydrological and ecological principles : in two volumes. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
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Dodds, W. K., & Whiles, M. R. (2010). Freshwater ecology: concepts and environmental applications of limnology. Burlington, Mass: Elsevier Academic Press.
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Kalff, J. (2002). Limnology: inland water ecosystems. Prentice-Hall.
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Lellák, J., Kubíček, F. (1991). Hydrobiologie. Karolinum, Praha.
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