Course: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Analytics (3202-411)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Fangmeier (verantwortlich)
• Dr. Andreas Klumpp (begleitend)
• Dr. Iris Schmid (begleitend)
• Dr. Olga-Cristina Calvo-Weimar (begleitend)

Type of Course:

lecture

In-Class Hours Per Week:

1

Contents:

Emission and deposition of the most important pollutants; pollutants from livestock operations; ecotoxicology of pollutants; mechanisms of effects; pollutant effects at the different biological scales from molecular up to the ecosystem; exposure-response relationships; thresholds and methodological approaches to estimate thresholds; strategies for pollution reduction; bioindication.
Lecture content:
- Definitions in ecotoxicology
- Ecotoxicology of acidifying and eutrophying pollutants (SO2, NOx, NHy)
- Photooxidants
- UV-B
- Heavy metals
- Organic pollutants
- Forest decline

Lecture with time for questions and discussions; beamer-presentations and slides; script and other material is distributed via the e-learning platform ILIAS

Literature:

Connell, D., Lam, P., Richardson, B., Wu, R. (1999): Introduction to Ecotoxicology. Blackwell, 170 pp. ISBN0-632-03852-7.
Jorgensen, Halling-Sorensen, Mahler (1997): Handbook of estimation methods in ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry. Lewis Publishing, Boca Raton.
Moriarty (1999): Ecotoxicology. Academic Press, San Diego, 3rd ed.
Newman (1998): Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology. Lewis Publishing, Boca Raton.
Schüürmann, G., Markert, B. (eds.) (1998): Ecological Fundamentals, Chemical exposure and Biological Effects. Environmental Science and Technology. A Wiley Intersciences Series of Texts and Monographs, 900 pp. ISBN 0-471-17644-3.
Walker, C.H., Hopkin, S.P., Sibly, R.M., Peakall, D.B. (2006): Principles of Ecotoxicology. Third edition, Taylor & Francis, 315 pp. ISBN 0-8493-3635-X.

Location:

Hohenheim

Remarks:

Course material is provided via the ILIAS e-learning platform.

Module:

• 3202-410 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Analytics (compulsory)