Course code:
523S2
Course name:
Bioindicators

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

515S2

ECTS:

12

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Environmental Chemistry: 4. year, winter semester, elective (E13S2) course

Teacher:

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

Assistant:

Dubravka J. Reliц, 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:

Coursebooks:

  1. B. A. Markert, A. M. Breure, H. G. Zechmeister (editors): Bioindicators and Biomonitors, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2003.
  2. Р. Баргальи: Биогеохимия наземных растений, ГЕОС, Москва, 2005.
  3. О. П. Мелехова, Е. И. Егорова: Биологический контроль окружающей среды, Академия, Москва, 2007.

Additional material:

  Course activities and grading method

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