10518 (v.4) Aquatic Toxicology 202

Area:

Department of Environmental Biology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1762 (v.4) Animal Biology 102 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Emphasis is firstly given to physiology and anatomy. Revision of the main taxonomic groups, comparative physiology and anatomy of fish, life history and dispersal mechanisms of selected fishes, commercial fisheries and fisheries management as related to acquatic toxicology. Secondly, the most common aquatic contaminants are studied - aquatic contaminants classification, effects of contaminants on aquatic biota, physiological effects at the organism level and effects at the population levels, comparison between effects of the pollutants at population level and effects between overexploitation and contaminants at population and community levels. Laboratory toxicology and endpoints measured - Effective Concentration (EC) 50, NOEC, etc. Field toxicology andendpoints measured, biochemical markers as early warning tools, monitoring the effects using bottom invertebrates. Finally the knowledge is integrated by presenting case studies where the theory is applied to real-life scenarios. The practical portion ofthe unit is composed of amixture of tutorials and laboratories. Students will design environmental monitoring plans, learn basic laboratory techniques - standard curves, protein determination, spectrophotometry and spectrofluorimetry.

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Field of Education:

010900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External