Bioindicators   (523S2)

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

515S2

ECTS:

12

Study level:

Study program:

Teacher:

Aleksandar R. Popović, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistant:

Dubravka J. Relić, Ph.D.
associate professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: three hours of lectures + five hours of labwork (3+0+5)

Goals:

The main purpose of the study is to supply students with sufficient set of informations about logic and principles of bioindication and biomonitoring.

Outcome:

Predicted outcome of both lectures and laboratory work is deep understanding of complexity and conditionality of natural and man-caused processes in the environment.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, labwork.

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

1. B. A. Markert, A. M. Breure, H. G. Zechmeister (editors): Bioindicators and Biomonitors, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2003.
2. Ŕ. ąĐŕÓĐŰěŘ: ąŘŢÓŐŢĺŘÜŘď ÝĐ×ŐÜÝëĺ ŕĐáâŐÝŘŮ, łľžÁ, źŢáÚŇĐ, 2005.
3. ž. ż. źŐŰŐĺŢŇĐ, ľ. ¸. ľÓŢŕŢŇĐ: ąŘŢŰŢÓŘçŐáÚŘŮ ÚŢÝâŕŢŰě ŢÚŕăÖĐîéŐŮ áŕŐÔë, °ÚĐÔŐÜŘď, źŢáÚŇĐ, 2007.

Additional material:

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Lectures:

0 points (3 hours a week)

Syllabus:

Basic principles and definitions in bioindication and biomonitoring. Examples of connections between conditions present in environment and biota. Saprobic conditions.Microorganisms as bioindicatiors. Algae as bioindicators. Mosses as bioindicators. Lichens as bioindicators. Higher plants as bioindicators. Mollusks as bioindicators. Insects as bioindicators. Fish as bioindicators. Birds as bioindicators. Mammals as bioindicators.

Labwork:

10 points (5 hours a week)

Colloquia:

30 points

Written exam:

60 points