Course: Field Hydrobiology

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Course title Field Hydrobiology
Course code ZOO/HYTER
Organizational form of instruction Field Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Uvíra Vladimír, RNDr. Dr.
  • Uvírová Ivona, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Janíčková Bronislava, Mgr. MBA
Course content
Practical demonstration of various types of communities of aquatic habitats. Changes in the structure of zoobenthos communities in the longitudinal profile of running water (krenon, rhithron, potamon) - RCC. Ponds, river arms, dams, lakes - demonstration of sampling methods, fixation and preparation of material, practical identification of organisms collected.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
Practical demonstration of various types of communities of aquatic habitats.
Student should be able to (after attending the course): - Recognize types of aquatic ecosystems. - Use different methods of sampling, fixation and preparation. - Identify aquatic organisms.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance

participation min 80%, practical demonstrations of sampling methods of zoobentos, determination of typical species of invertebrates from different types of water. Determination test - at least 12 correctly determined taxa out of 18
Recommended literature
  • Cham, S. (2012). Field guide to the larvae and exuviae of British Dragonflies: Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and Damseflies (Zygoptera). British Dragonfly Society, Whittlesey, 152 pp.
  • Kriska, G. (2013). Freshwater Invertebrates in Central Europe: A Field Guide. Springer Berlin, 412 pp.
  • Lellák, J. a kol. (1982). Biologie vodních živočichů. Univ. Karlova, Praha.
  • Lellák, J. a Kubíček, F. (1992). Hydrobiologie. Karolinum, Praha, 257 s.
  • Macadam C., Bennett C. (2010). A pictorial guide to British Ephemeroptera. FSC Publications, Telford, 132 pp.
  • Malicky, H. (2004). Atlas of European Trichoptera: Atlas der Europäischen Köcherfliegen - Atlas des Trichopteres d'Europe. Springer, Dordrecht, 359 pp.
  • Pontin, R.M. (1978). A key to the freshwater planktonic and semi-planktonic Rotifera of the British Isles. Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, 178 pp.
  • Reynoldson T.B., Young, J.O. (2000). A key to the freshwater triclads of Britain and Ireland with notes on their ecology. Freshwater biological association, Ambleside, 72 pp.
  • Rulík, M. & Kršková, M. (1997). Cvičení z hydrobiologie - obrazová příloha.. Vyd. UP Olomouc, pp 161.
  • Savage, A.A. (1999). Keys to the larvae of British Corixidae. Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, 56 pp.
  • Sedlák, E. (2003). Zoologie bezobratlých. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • Visser, H., van Zanten. (2000). European limnofauna: a pictorial key to the families. Springer, New York.
  • Wood, T.S., Okamura, B. (2005). A new key to the freshwater bryozoans of Britain, Ireland and continental Europe: with notes on their ecology. Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, 113 pp.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Hydrobiology (2021) Category: Biology courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer