Course code:
1523S		 Course name:
Bioindicators

Academic year:

2012/2013.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

10

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Environmental Chemistry: 4. year, summer semester, elective (1IP4S) course

Teacher:

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

Assistants:

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

Sanja M. Sakan, Ph.D.
junior research assistant, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Njegoševa 12, 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 suppy students with sufficient set of informations about logic and principles of bioindication.

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, exercises, semester paper.

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

O. P. Melehova, E. I. Egorova: Biological control of the environment: bioindication and bioassays (in Russian), Publishing center "Akademija", Moscow, 2007.

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

0 points (3 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  1. Biomonitoring organization principles.
  2. Basic principles of biomonitoring application.
  3. Application of plants as bioindicators.
  4. Application of animals and microorganisms as bioindicators.
  5. Areas of application of biomonitoring. Estimation of quality of air, water and soil.
  6. Biological indices and coefficients used in biomonitoring.
  7. Substance of methodology of biomonitoring.
  8. Necessary characteristics of methods used in biomonitoring.
  9. Biochemical methods in biomonitoring.
  10. Genetic methods in biomonitoring.
  11. Morphological methods in biomonitoring.
  12. Physiological methods in biomonitoring.
  13. Biophysical methods in biomonitoring.
  14. Immunological methods in biomonitoring.
  15. Practical applications of biomonitoring methods.

Labwork:

0 points (5 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  1. Bioindication of air pollution by lichens.
  2. Use of fluctuating asymmetry of animals in estimation of condition of the environment.
  3. Estimation of condition of water by saprobe analysis.
  4. Determination of number of microorganisms in water.
  5. Biological analysis of sediments.
  6. Plants as indicators of water condition (1).
  7. Plants as indicators of water condition (2).
  8. Determination of characteristics of soil by indicator plants.
  9. Determination of condition of soil by its fermenting activity.
  10. Bioindication of water condition by Lemna minor L.
  11. Influence of pollutants of capability of oxygen production of some plants.
  12. Bioassays with fishes.
  13. GC analysis of biological activity of soil.
  14. Determination of bioluminescence activity of examined species by application of biosensors.
  15. Management of date obtained by biomonitoring.

Semester papers:

20 points

Colloquia:

20 points

Written exam:

60 points