| Course ID: | ECOL(EHSC)(FISH) 4600/6600. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Ecotoxicology |
Course
Description: | An introduction to the effects of contaminants on aquatic
organisms and terrestrial wildlife, types of contaminants
impacting ecosystems, fate and transport of contaminants in the
environment, and the effects of contaminants at various levels
of biological organization ranging from biochemical reactions
in the cell to the population level. |
| Oasis Title: | Ecotoxicology |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FISH 8350, EHSC 8350, ECOL 8350, ENTO 8350, VPHY 8350, PHRM 8350 |
| Undergraduate Prerequisite: | [(BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L) or (BIOL 2108H and BIOL 2108L)] and [(CHEM 1211-1211D and CHEM 1211L) or (CHEM 1311H and CHEM 1311L)] |
| Graduate Prerequisite: | [(BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L) or (BIOL 2108H and BIOL 2108L)] and [(CHEM 1211-1211D and CHEM 1211L) or (CHEM 1311H and CHEM 1311L)] |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Identify sources and types of contaminants affecting ecosystems. Predict the fate of environmental contaminants. Explain how chemicals are absorbed, digested, metabolized, and excreted. Assess the toxic effects of contaminants at the biochemical, cellular, organismal, and population levels. Identify toxicity testing procedures and biomonitoring methods. |
| Topical Outline: | Introduction to ecotoxicology
Environmental contaminants
Contaminant fate and flow
Bioavailability
Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer
Metabolism and excretion
Lethal effects- toxicity testing
Sublethal effects
Biochemical
Physiological
Behavioral
Reproductive
In situ biomonitoring
Effects on Populations
Ecological risk assessment
Case studies |
| Honor Code Reference: | Students are expected to adhere to the UGA Student Honor Code
and Academic Honesty Policy: "I will be academically honest in
all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic
dishonesty of others." Suspected violations will be reported
to the Office of the Vice President for Instruction as
described in the Academic Honesty Policy (www.uga.edu/ovpi). |