3540.14 - Ecotoxicology and Pollution
Course number
3540.14
Title
Ecotoxicology and Pollution
ECTS
7.5
Prerequisites
None
Purpose
To give the students an overview of interactions between anthropogenic pollution and living organisms
Content
Various pollutants like DDT, PCB, dioxin, PAH, heavy metals, tributyl tin, and radioactive substances are described in terms of sources, route, and mechanism of transport, uptake in the organisms, metabolism, and excretion. Environmental effects are described, as for example acid rain, eutrophication, and hormone mimicking.
Learning and teaching approaches
Lectures and problem solving
Learning outcomes
Having passed the course the student has got insight in
Organic and inorganic contaminants, routs and mechanisms of transport and affects on living organisms.
Assessment method
4 hour written examination. No aids
Examination
External
Marking scale
13-
Bibliography
Poul Bjerregaard 2013: ”Økotoksikologi” 5. ed. 247 pp, with additional material as announced at the course start.
Contact
Eilif Gaard