General information
Course type | AMUPIE |
Module title | Applying Plankton For Water Quality Assessment |
Language | English |
Module lecturer | prof. dr hab. Natalia Kuczyńska-Kippen |
Lecturer's email | nkippen@amu.edu.pl |
Lecturer position | professor |
Faculty | Faculty of Biology |
Semester | 2022/2023 (winter) |
Duration | 30 |
ECTS | 4 |
USOS code | 01-QALPLANK-PIE |
Timetable
Lectures: 5 h
Classess: 25 h
Module aim (aims)
An assessment of water quality based on the presence, absence or change of the behaviour of planktonic organisms
Establishment of specific features to characterise a proper indicator in an aquatic environment in reference to precisely defined occurrence, geographical range, abundance, identification features, length of life cycle
Division of plankton organisms and their usefulness in water quality assessment
Determination of abiotic and biotic features of water based on plankton
Methods for trophic state assessment with the use of plankton
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Basic knowledge of ecology and environmental quality problems. Readiness for fulfilling individual task and group work
Syllabus
Duration of Lectures (L): 2,5 h; Field study (FS): 3,5 h; Classes (Cl): 2h
Week 1 L: Introduction to the course I – Basic information on plankton communities in freshwater
Week 2 L: Introduction to the course II – Methods used for water quality assessment with the use of plankton communities
Week 3 FS: Field study and collection of material from natural and artificial types of water bodies (e.g. lakes, clay pits, fountains, ornamental ponds) in the city of Poznań
Week 4 FS: Field study and collection of material from water bodies on the outskirts of the city of Poznań
Week 5 Cl: Identification of plankton material from water bodies in the city of Poznań
Week 6 Cl: Calculations of plankton indexes with the use of collected material
Week 7 Cl: Determination of trophic state of water based on the identified plankton samples
Week 8 Cl: Final presentation on the water quality assessment based on the analysis of the plankton community indices
Reading list
Books
Dodds W., Whiles M.: Freshwater Ecology. Concept and Environmental Applications of Limnology (3rd Edition), Elsevier Academic Press, Cambridge, 2022
Allan J.D., Castillo M.M., Capps K.A.: Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running Waters 3rd ed. Edition. Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2021
Glasson J., Therivel R.: Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment (Fifth edition). Academic & Professional Books Conservation & Biodiversity, Routledge, London and New York, 2019
Braddock T., Hennessey D.: Wetlands. An Introduction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018
Bronmark C.: Biology of Lakes and Ponds. Oxford University Press, 2017
Ossola A., Niemelä J.: Urban Biodiversity. From Research to Practice. Routledge, London and New York, 2017
Krebs C.J.: Why Ecology Matters, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2016
Henderson P.A., Southwood T.R.E.: Ecological Methods, 4th Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, 2016
Krebs C.J.: Ecological Methodology, 3rd ed. Edition, AddEducationalison-Wesley, Boston, 2014
Krebs C.J.: Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance. Pearson Education Limited, 2013
Sakhare V.B.: Limnology. Astral International Pvt Ltd, 2011
Lampert W., Sommer U.: Limnoecology: The Ecology of Lakes and Streams, Oxford University Press, New York, 2007
Articles in journals
Stamou G., Katsiapi M., Moustaka-Gouni M., Michaloudi E. (2021): The neglected zooplankton communities as indicators of ecological water quality of Mediterranean lakes, Limnetica, 40(2): 359-373. DOI:10.23818/limn.40.24.
Sługocki Ł., Czerniawski R. (2018): Trophic state (TSISD) and mixing type significantly influence pelagic zooplankton biodiversity in temperate lakes (NW Poland), PeerJ , 6: e5731
Ejsmont-Karabin J., Karabin A. (2013): The suitability of zooplankton as lake ecosystem indicators: Crustacean trophic state index, Polish Journal of Ecology, 61: 561-573
Ejsmont-Karabin J. (2012): The usefulness of zooplankton as lake ecosystem indicators: rotifer trophic state index, Polish Journal of Ecology, 60(2): 339-350
Karabin A. (1985): Pelagic zooplankton (Rotatoria + Crustacea) variation in the process of lake eutrophication. I. Structural and quantitative features, Ekol. Pol., 33: 567–616.
Mäemets A. (1983): Rotifers as indicators of lake types in Estonia, Hydrobiologia, 104: 357–361.