Bioindicatori |
Code
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18396 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Module:
(objectives)
The teaching course consists of lectures and initiatives of a theoretical / practical nature to be carried out in parallel, such as excursions aimed at the observation and sampling of animals in their chosen environments, laboratory practice experiences related to the recognition of taxa, to the application of animal indices for environmental quality assessment. The student must be able to classify the aquatic environments, determine the most important factors, identify the structuring communities, identify the sampled organisms, describe the main adaptations. He will also have to know the main theories on the zoning of running waters, knowing how to apply environmental quality assessment indices. Regarding terrestrial cenosis (in particular forestry) it will have to be able to recognize structuring communities and taxocoenoses, identify the main taxonomic groups and be able to assess environmental quality through the application of simple indices. Regarding the sandy and rocky marine communities, it will have to be able to assess the environmental quality through the application of specific microbiological indices, based on algae, phanerogams and macroinvertebrates.
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Code
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18396-1 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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BIO/05
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Contact Hours
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48
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Type of Activity
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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Teacher
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FOCHETTI Romolo
(syllabus)
Environmental Pollution: definitions, types of pollutants, effects, reversibility. - Evaluation of environmental quality. The indices of diversity / similarity. -Toxicity, bioaccumulation and biomagnification. Toxicity and bioaccumulation tests. - Biological indicators. Biological monitoring. - Inland water biology. The factors that rule life in freshwater. Classification of running waters and types of standing water. The adaptations of the organisms of lotic and lentic environments. Identification, taxonomy and systematics of the main macroinvertebrate groups of lentic and lotic waters. The communities of running and standing waters: structure, composition, trophic-functional articulation. Eutrophication. - The European water directive (WFD, 2000/60) - Biological indicators and biotic indices of the quality of running waters. (Saprobiem system, EBI, BMWP, ASPT, STAR_ICMI) - Biological indicators and biotic indices of the quality of stagnant water. (BQI, LBI, BQIL) - Inland fish communities. Fish Index, ISECI
- Systemic quality indicators: structure and composition of macrobenthic communities, trophic-functional articulation. Problems of protection, conservation and enhancement of inland waters, with particular reference to vertebrate and invertebrate fauna. -Application of indexes inspired by the principles of landscape ecology (eg RCE, IFF). Quality objectives in the management of running waters: case studies. - Indicators of soil quality. Soil organisms. Identification, taxonomy and systematics of the main groups. Adaptations of soil organisms. The Biological Soil Quality Index (QBS).
- Birds as bioindicators. The MITO project. FBI, WBI, MPBI
- Indicators of integrity of terrestrial cenosis. Mites Oribatei, Carabidae and Scolitidi as bioindicators.
- Quality indicators of the marine environment. Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). IQB, CARLIT, Posidonia Monitoring, M AMBI
- European and national legislation on water monitoring - Sampling methods - Field exercises - Laboratory exercises for the recognition of internal water quality indicators
(reference books)
ARPA Piemonte. Tecniche di biomonitoraggio della qualità del suolo. (110 pp.)
Fondazione Lombardia per l'ambiente: Bioindicatori ambientali. (376 pp.)
Fenoglio S., Bo T. Lineamenti di ecologia fluviale. Ed. Cittàstudi.
Lecture notes and specialized articles provided by the teacher
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Module:
(objectives)
To introduce the main populations of homeothermic vertebrates. Monitoring systems and ecological indicators. To introduce the systems of counting populations of wild animals and their practical application
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Code
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18396-2 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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AGR/19
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Contact Hours
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48
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Type of Activity
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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Teacher
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AMICI Andrea
(syllabus)
Study of homeothermic vertebrate populations: Species identification, population count. Notes on environmental certification: applications. Monitoring systems and ecological indicators: origins and definitions, types and their requirements, selection criteria, field of application and relative evaluation. Sentinel animals, surrogate animal indicators and animals, bioindicators and bioaccumulators: Wild boar (heavy metals); Roe deer (heavy metals, DDT, HCB, PCB etc.); The deer (heavy metals); Birds (heavy metals, ecology of cultivated land); The hare (radionuclides, urbanization and intensification of agriculture, lead); The otter (PCB and DDT); The mole (heavy metals); Biodiversity as an indicator of environmental quality. Case studies: Certification of a hunting wildlife company. Exercises in the natural environment and in the laboratory.
(reference books)
provided by teacher
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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