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Course code: BBS10144f12Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Freshwater invertebrates of Poland
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Joanna Mąkol
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Student will possess the overall knowledge of systematics, biology and ecology of freshwater macrofauna; student will also acquire the theoretical and practical skill of identification of freshwater invertebrates of Poland.
Competences: After completing the course students will be able to identify the representatives of freshwater invertebrate fauna of Poland, including economically important taxa, to apply the methods of collecting, laboratory rearing, preservation and dissection of freshwater invertebrates; the acquired knowledge will increase the qualifications of graduates who will be employed at research units of national parks and other institutions dealing with nature preservation as well as in invertebrate sections of zoological gardens.
Prerequisites: invertebrate zoology I and II
Course content: Characteristics of lentic and lotic environments; animal associations of freshwater habitats; zoological nomenclature; systematic review of higher taxa represented in freshwater environments of Poland; practice of identification, biology and ecology of macrofauna.
Recommended literature: 1. Kołodziejczyk, A., Koperski, P. 2000. Bezkręgowce słodkowodne Polski. Klucz do oznaczania oraz podstawy biologii i ekologii makrofauny. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. 2. Falniowski, A. 2007. Techniki zbioru, utrwalania i konserwacji zwierząt. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. 3. Rybak, J. I. 2000. Bezkręgowce. Zwierzęta słodkowodne. Przewodnik do oznaczania. PWN Warszawa
Assessment methods: Practical course and lecture grade, incl. testing the theoretical knowledge (written part) and of practical skill of identification; minimum70% of knowledge to pass.
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