306379 (v.2) Environmental Monitoring 501


Area:

Department of Environmental Biology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0
 
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Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Ecological resilience, natural variability, levels of biological organisation, diffuse versus point-source contamination and field versus laboratory toxicology. Legislative requirements, endpoints and interpretation, methodologies, monitoring of urban environments, advantages and limitations of biomarkers, interpretation and confounding factors. Classes of contaminants, target organs, modes of action and acceptable impacts of anthropogenic activities.
 
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Field of Education:

50900 Environmental Studies (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

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