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:	A central theme for the unit is to investigate the presence and effects of pollutants in aquatic ecosystems at different levels of biological organisation. The unit is focussed on fish toxicology but algal toxicology as well as invertebrate toxicology will be covered. The history of toxicology will firstly be reviewed, followed by a description of contaminant types. Laboratory toxicity testing and field ecotoxicology will be discussed. Finally, global movement of contaminants will be studied. Case studies will be presented throughout the semester.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	010900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
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
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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