Hydrobiology

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Substantive content:

1. Water resources and different type of freshwater ecosystems.

2. Physical and chemical water properties. Nutrient cycle and organic matter.

3. Vertical gradient of environmental factors in lake ecosystems.

4. Lake trophic status - Carlson's Trophic State Index.

5. Eutrophication: reasons and consequences.

6. Water quality assessment methods.

7. Lake habitats (pelagial, littoral, bentos) and subhabitats (neuston, periphyton, psammon, etc.)

8. Taxonomy and ecology of freshwater algae and cyanobacteria.

9. Taxonomy and ecology of freshwater zooplankton (Crustacea, Rotifera).

10. Macrobenthos and macrophytes.

11. Biotic and abiotic factors affecting seasonal and spatial distribution of freshwater communities.

12. Alien and invasive species in freshwater ecosystems.

13. Lake restoration and biomanipulation methods.

Literature:

1. Moss B. 2001. Ecology of freshwaters. Blackwell Science, 557 pp.

2. Lampert, W., Sommer, U. 2007. Limnoecology. Oxford University Press.

3. Moss B. 2017. Ponds and small lakes: Microorganisms and freshwater ecology.

4. Dodds W.K, Whiles M.R. 2011. Freshwater ecology: concepts and environmental applications of limnology.

5. Burchardt L. (ed.) 2014. Key to Identification of Phytoplankton Species in Lakes and Rivers. Guide for Laboratory Classes and Field Research

6. Błędzki, L.A., Rybak, J.I., 2016. Freshwater crustacean zooplankton of Europe. Springer, Berlin, 918 pp.

Forms and conditions of credit:

- attendance on the lecture, laboratory and field courses

- reports from the laboratory and field course