LIFS5320 Room 6602

Spring 2014 Tue 18:30 - 21:20pm

ECOTOXICOLOG
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Cour!e In$en%e% Le(rning Ou$#ome!
1) Understand the scope of ecotoxicology study and recognize the major classes of pollutants;
2) Understand the major concepts in ecotoxicology study, such as the entry and fate,
bioaccumulation and bioavailability;
3) Underst and the ecological and biological respons es of pollut ant s at different
levels;
) !earn methods in conducting ecotoxicology research, such as the "inetic modelling,
biomonitoring, toxicity testing, biomar"ers and toxicity mechanisms study#
S$u%en$ Le(rning Re!our#e! (n% Re)eren#e! :
$e%man &', 'lements () *2++,) Ecotoxicology: A Comprehensive Treatment# '-' .ress
!uoma /$, -ainbo% ./ *2++,) Metal Contamination in Aquatic Environments# 'ambridge Univ
.ress#
S$u%en$!: 0/c, &.hil1.h2 students#
Cour!e Form($: !ectures, 3 hours per %ee" 3 paper assignment
Gr(%e!4 5he assessment of all the four course learning outcomes %ill be achieved by midterm
*6+7) and final exams *6+7)# .apers %ill be assigned for reading each %ee"# 8xamination duration4
3 hours#
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1 ?eb 9ntroduction (ang
2 11 0iomonitoring *field study at (/2) 'heng
3 1, &ajor classes of pollutants (ang
26 8ntry and fate (ang
6 &arch 0ioaccumulation (ang
@ 11 0ioavailability (ang
= 1, Ainetic modelling (ang
, 26 &idterm (ang
B Cpril 1 .hysiological1biochemical responses 'heng
1+ , 8cosystem responses 'heng
11 16 5oxicity testing 'heng
11 22 0iomar"ers 'heng
12 2B 8nvironmental samples and laboratory models 'heng
13 &ay @ )oliday