Ecotoxicology

Course title:

Ecotoxicology

Course code:

RZECT

ECTS:

5

In-class hours

Lectures:

30

Laboratory work/Tutorials:

30

Self-preparation hours

Practical training:

20

Other:

45

Total hours:

125

Language:

English

Study cycle:

Bachelor

Semester:

Winter & Summer

Faculty:

Faculty of Plant Protection and Agriecology

Name of the lecturer(s):

Assoc. Prof. Donyo Ganchev, PhD

Mode of delivery:

Face-to-face, distance learning

Prerequisites:

Chemistry, Statistics

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Ecotoxicology delivers essential knowledge for the toxicological impact of pollutants especially agrochemicals. Their influence on ecosystems, environmental fate and toxic action. Students get aquatinted with all necessary skills   for conduction of ecotoxicological tests with accordance of EU and OECD approved standards T  

Course contents:

1. Toxicology and ecotoxicology terms. Agochermicals as environmental toxicants

2. Mode of action of toxicants

3. Environmental fate of toxicants

4. Environmental influence of toxicants

5. Detection of toxicants in the environment

5.  Emergency procedures and safe work with toxicants

6.  Personal protection equipment

8. Ecotocicological calculations

9.  Phytotoxicity tests

10. Earthworm ecotoxicological tests

12. Bees ecotoxicological tests

13. Predatory and parasitic insects and mites ecotoxicological tests

14. Silkworms ecotoxicological tests

15. Birds ecotoxicological tests

16. Mammalian ecotoxicological tests

17. Lemna sp. aquatic ecotoxicological tests

18. Seawater plants aquatic ecotoxicological tests

19. One cellular  aquatic ecotoxicological test

20. Fish aquatic ecotoxicological tests

21. Bioaccumulation  ecotoxicological tests 

Recommended or required reading:

1.            D. W. Connell. Introduction to Ecotoxicology. Blackwell Science. 1999

2.            Michael C. Newman, William Henry Clements. Ecotoxicology: A Comprehensive Treatment. CRC Press, 2008

3.            V.E.Forbes and T.L.Forbes. Ecotoxicology in theory and practice. Chapman &Hall, 1994

4.            Gerrit Schüürmann, Bernd A. Markert. Ecotoxicology: ecological fundamentals, chemical exposure, and biological effects. John Wiley, 1998

5.            David John Hoffman. Handbook of Ecotoxicology. Lewis Publishers, 2003

6.            Sven Erik Jørgensen, B. Halling-Sørensen, Henrik Mahler. Handbook of Estimation Methods in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry. Lewis Publishers, 1998

7.            Jörg Römbke, Johann Felix Moltmann, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit. Applied Ecotoxicology. CRC/Lewis Publishers, 1996

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Laboratory and field ecological tests

Assessment methods and criteria:

Eco-toxicological calculations test, Written exam