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:	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 and community levels. Laboratory toxicology and endpoints measured: effective concentration (EC) 50, no observed effect concentration NOEC. Field toxicology, biomarkers and bioindicators. The knowledge is integrated by presenting case studies where theory is applied to real-life scenarios. The practical portion of the unit is composed of a mixture of tutorials and laboratories. Students design environmental monitoring plans and learn basic laboratory techniques: standard curves, protein determination, and biomarker analysis.
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
2008	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