Teacher
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CERFOLLI Fulvio
(syllabus)
Lessons 1-2: The aquatic environment The water origin. The distribution of aquatic environments in the world. The chemical-physical characteristics of water: dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, temperature, the curve of the BOD, phosphorus, nitrogen, turbidity and total solids. Energy inputs into aquatic environments: pasture chains and chains of debris. Photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, the role of autochthonous allochthonous detritus .
Lessons 3-4: The freshwater environments and their characterization The water cycle. Riverine landscapes. Lake environments. Aquatic ecosystems of transition. Wetlands. Other areas of water (underground rivers and lakes, springs high altitude, hydrothermal springs, interstitial waters). Freshwater habitats of Community interest. The classification of the lakes by trophic state. The organic contamination. Natural and antrhopic eutrophication.
Lessons 5-10: Fauna and flora of inland waters Adaptations to water and to the different chemical-physical characteristics of the water. Macrophytes and phytoplankton (functional aspects and the role of riparian habitats). Zooplankton (Rotifers, Cladocerans, Copepods): diapause and quiescence, cyclomorphosis and vertical migrations. Benthos (insects, molluscs, crustaceans, Oligochaeta, planarians): parameters of the ecological niche, ontogenetic niche shift. Fish fauna of Italian inland waters, conservation status, composition of fish communities. Batracofauna, herpetofauna, ornithofauna and mammalofauna of aquatic environments. Trophic-functional classification of aquatic organisms. Zonation of the distribution of biodiversity in river and lake environments. Alien species.
Lessons 11-15 Theoretical aquatic ecology The "River Continuum Concept". The "cascading effects". The zonation fish. Compartmental approach. Brief study of the ecology of inland waters. The trophic structures. The analysis of the stability of the ecosystem.
Lessons 16-18 Tutorials on the field and in the laboratory. Use of microscopy and dichotomous keys (eg. Molluscs: gastropods and bivalves). Field instrumentation and laboratory (pH meter, oximeter, etc.). Sampling techniques (leaf packs, etc.). Experimental facilities for the study of the structures and functions of ecological communities of aquatic environments.
(reference books)
Textbooks: Dobson M., Frid C., 2009. Ecology of aquatic systems. Oxford University Press, II edizione D'Antoni S., Battisti C., Cenni M. e Rossi G.L. (a cura di), 2011. Contributi per la tutela della biodiversità delle zone umide. Rapporti ISPRA 153/11 Zerunian S., 2003. Piano d'azione generale per la conservazione dei pesci d'acqua dolce italiani. Quad. Cons. Natura 17, Min. Ambiente - Ist. Naz. Fauna Selvatica Cocchi R., Riga F. 2001. Linee guida per il controllo della nutria. Quad. Cons. Natura 5, Min. Ambiente - Ist. Naz. Fauna Selvatica Borin M., 2003. Fitodepurazione. Edagricole AAVV, 2004. La carta ittica dei fiumi Mignone Paglia e Marta. Provincia di Viterbo (a cura di).
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