FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

SUBJECT CARD

Name in Polish : Monitoring biologiczny
Name in English : Biomonitoring
Main field of study (if applicable): Environmental Engineering
Specialization (if applicable) : Environmental Quality Management
Level : II
Form: full-time
Kind of subject : optional
Subject code : ISS200002BK
   

 

Lecture

Classes

Laboratory

Project

Seminar

Number of hours of organized classes in University (ZZU)

15

Number of hours of total student workload (CNPS)

30

Form of crediting

Crediting with grade
For group of courses mark (X) final course

Number of ECTS points

1

including number of ECTS points for practical(P) classes

including number of ECTS points corresponding to classes that require direct participation of lecturers and other academics (BU)

1
 
PREREQUISITES RELATING TO KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND OTHER COMPETENCES
1To have a basic knowledge in biology, microbiology and ecology and nature conservation
 
SUBJECT OBJECTIVES
C1Knowledge of factors which determinate the presence of aquatic and terrestrial organisms
C2Acquisition of knowledge about biological processes and threats appearing in the natural environment
C3Knowledge of biological techniques of monitoring the environment
 
SUBJECT EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS
relating to knowledge:
PEU_W01Has a knowledge about conditions influencing the presence of aquatic and terrestrial organisms, diversity of the flora and fauna and techniques universally used in the environmental monitoring
relating to skills:
relating to social competences:
PEU_K01Possess skills to work in the group and to play different roles (leader, contractor, commentator) and understands main threats for ecosystems and knows how to prevent them
 

PROGRAMME CONTENT

Form of classes - lecture

Number of hours
Wy1Significance of the biological monitoring for the environmental protection. Features of taxonomic categories performing functions for bioindication. Aquatic environment. Rivers as the place of life. Assemblages of organisms of flowing waters. Lakes and ponds as the place of life. Assemblages of organisms in lakes. The use of invertebrates for water environmental monitoring. Review of monitoring methods with the use of invertebrates.2
Wy2Applying algae and plants (macrophytes) in the monitoring of the aquatic environment. Review of monitoring methods with the use of these taxa Applying vertebrates (fish) in the monitoring of the aquatic environment. Review of monitoring methods with the use of these taxa.2
Wy3Amphibians - organisms living on the border of two environments - as bioindicators. The application of amphibians in the biomonitoring2
Wy4Air. Species of plants and animals used in the monitoring of air.2
Wy5Land environment: explaining the term: biodiversity and its meaning in the biomonitoring. Methods of measurement of the biodiversity (biodiversity indicators species, substitute diversity estimation, method of many taxa). Common and rare species. Estimation and the categorization of species. The genetic diversity versus the diversity of biocenoses.2
Wy6Organisms used in biodiversity evaluation and the land environmental monitoring. Selected birds and mammals. Monitoring of ecosystems: forests, agroceonoses and cities.2
Wy7Application of biomonitoring in the reintroduction of species and the restitution endangered sites. Monitoring of protected and valuable areas. Endangered ecosystems in the world and in Poland and methods of monitoring them. Systems of the monitoring in the world and in Poland.2
Wy8Final test1
Total hours15
 
TEACHING TOOLS USED
N1 Informative lecture
N2 Problem lecture
 

EVALUATION OF SUBJECT LEARNING OUTCOMES ACHIEVEMENT

  Evaluation (F - forming during semester), P - concluding (at semester end) Learning outcomes code Way of evaluating learning outcomes achievement
1 PPEU_W01, PEU_K01Final test
 
 

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LITERATURE

Primary literature:
Primary literature:Zimny H.: 2006 Ekologiczna ocena stanu środowiska: bioindykacja i biomonitoring
Primary literature:Market B.A, Breure A.M., Zechmeister H. G: 2004 Bioindicators and Biomonitors, Volume 6 Oxford University Press
Primary literature:Allan J.D.: 1998 Ekologia wód płynących, PWN.
Primary literature:Kudelska D., Soszka H.: 1996 Przegląd stosowanych w różnych krajach sposobów oceny i klasyfikacji wód powierzchniowych, Biblioteka Monitoringu Środowiska PIOŚ.
Primary literature:Mason C.F.,: 1987 Biology of freshwater pollution, Longman.
Primary literature:Andrzejewski R., Weigle A. (red) 2003: Różnorodność biologiczna Polski. Warszawa. Narodowa Fundacja Ochrony Środowiska.
Primary literature:Bis B., Mikulec A.: Typy biocenotyczne rzek Polski: wyznaczenie granic klas za pomocą Polskiego Wielometrycznego Wskaźnika Stanu Ekologicznego Rzek MMI_PL, na podstawie makrobezkręgowców bentosowych (moduł oceny: RIVECO macro). W: Przewodnik do oceny stanu ekologicznego rzek na podstawie makrobezkręgowców bentosowych. Barbara Bis (red.). Warszawa: Narodowa Fundacja Ochrony Środowiska, Główny Inspektorat Ochrony Środowiska, 2012, s. 82?93.
Secondary literature:
Secondary literature:Chandler J.R.: 1970 A biological approach to water quality management, Water Pollution Control, 69, 415-421.
Secondary literature:EPA, 1998, Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Wadable Rivers: Periphyton, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and Fish, Second Edition, EPA Raports, 7-1 ? 7-20.
 

SUBJECT SUPERVISOR

Name and surname: Justyna Rybak
E-mail: justyna.rybak@pwr.edu.pl
 

MATRIX

Nr Subject educational effect Correlation between subject educational effect and educational effects defined for main field of study and specialization (if applicable)** Subject objectives*** Programme content*** Teaching tool number***
1PEU_W01K2IS_W09, S2EQM_W01 C1, C2, C3Lec1-Lec8N1, N2
2PEU_K01K2IS_K04C1, C2, C3Lec1-Lec8N1.N2