Study-unit BIO-ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
| Course name | Biology |
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| Study-unit Code | A000864 |
| Curriculum | Biodiversita' e gestione delle risorse naturali |
| Lecturer | Enzo Goretti |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2021 |
| Supplied | 2022/23 |
| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Sector | BIO/05 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Biological indicators and environmental quality index. Biodiversity: management of relevant natural areas. Monitoring of the freshwater biological quality. Biology of the main macroinvertebrate groups. Relationship between deformities of larval Chironomids (Diptera) and lake pollution. |
| Reference texts | Refer to the professor |
| Educational objectives | Training for a professional biologist on the environmental bioindicators |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Teaching methods | Compulsory for practical training |
| Other information | Recommended attendance |
| Learning verification modality | Pratical test |
| Extended program | Biological indicators and environmental quality indexes. Diversity, similitude, biotic and saprobic indexes. Biodiversity: management of relevant natural areas. Practice in natural environments. Monitoring of the freshwater biological quality. Biology of the main macroinvertebrate groups. Taxa useful to evaluate the environmental quality. Procedures for applying the biotic indexes. Identification of the macroinvertebrates. Freshwater macrobentic community. Application of the ecological and biological traits method for streams. Relationship between deformities of Chironomid (Diptera) population and lake pollution. Monitoring of the Invertebrates Habitat Directive. |