| Course ID: | FISH(EHSC)(ECOL)(ENTO)(VPHY)(PHRM) 8350. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology |
Course
Description: | An introduction to the toxic effects of contaminants on non-
human organisms, types of contaminants impacting ecosystems,
fate and transport of contaminants in the environment, effects
of contaminants at various levels of biological organization
ranging from biochemical reactions in the cell to ecosystem
function, and ecological risk assessment. |
| Oasis Title: | Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECOL 4600, EHSC 4600, FISH 4600, ECOL 6600, EHSC 6600, FISH 6600 |
| Prerequisite: | [(BIOL 1108 or BIOL 2108H) and BIOL 1108L] and CHEM 2211 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer 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 based on
chemical-physical properties of the chemical. Understand how
chemicals are absorbed, metabolized, and excreted. Assess toxic
effects of contaminants at the biochemical, cellular,
individual, population, community and ecosystem level. Be able
to perform an ecological risk assessment. |
| Topical Outline: | Introduction to ecotoxicology
Chemical fate
Organic contaminants
Inorganic contaminants
Bioaccumulation
Factors influencing bioaccumulation
Bioaccumulation from food
Molecular effects and biomarkers
Cells, tissues, organs
Sublethal effects on individuals
Lethal effects
Populations
Communities & ecosystems
Landscape & global
Ecological risk assessment |