AEW-30806 Chemical Stress Ecology and Risk Assessment
Course
Credits 6.00
Teaching method | Contact hours |
Lectures | 10 |
Practical intensively supervised | 60 |
Self-study |
Course coordinator(s) | prof. dr. ir. PJ van den Brink |
Lecturer(s) | prof. dr. ir. PJ van den Brink |
prof. dr. AA Koelmans | |
dr. ir. MFLLW Lürling | |
F Gillissen | |
dr. ir. ETHM Peeters | |
Examiner(s) | prof. dr. ir. PJ van den Brink |
Language of instruction:
English
Assumed knowledge on:
Background in Environmental Toxicology (TOX-30806), Water Quality (AEW-31306) or Ecology (AEW-30306)
Continuation courses:
MSc Thesis AEW, MSc Thesis TOX
Contents:
This course focuses on the fate of toxic compounds and their effects on populations and ecosystems. It deals with the assessment of both exposure and ecological effects, and their interconnection. Main subjects are exposure on higher biological organisation levels, ecological effects, bio-monitoring, risk assessment of anthropogenic stressors and natural stressors like cyanotoxins, and multiple stresses.
Learning outcomes:
After the course the student will be able to:
- perform exposure and bioaccumulation experiments;
- perform ecotoxicological experiments with non-standard test species;
- perform in vivo bioassays to assess effects on behaviour of organisms;
- perform experiments on the effects of chemicals on food-webs;
- interpret the results of chemical fate and ecological models;
- interpret data from microcosm and mesocosm experiments;
- perform an advanced data analysis on chemical and biological monitoring data;
- perform advanced exposure, effect and risk assessments of chemicals in ecosystems.
Activities:
Lecture attendance; experimentation in the lab; analysis, interpretation and presentation of results of lab experiments; reviewing literature; report writing.
Examination:
Lecture attendance; experimentation in the lab; analysis, interpretation and presentation of results of lab experiments; reviewing literature; report writing.
Literature:
A manual and lecture notes will be distributed during the course.
Programme | Phase | Specialization | Period | ||
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Restricted Optional for: | MES | Environmental Sciences | MSc | 5MO | |
MML | Molecular Life Sciences | MSc | E: Environmental Chemistry | 5MO |