LABORATORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES - BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 1
cod. 1004025

Academic year 2011/12
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Chimica analitica (CHIM/01)
Field
Discipline chimiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: LABORATORY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

Learning objectives

to train students at organizing the stages of a survey work

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

assessment of ecosystem quality of a selected aquatic ecosystem/wetland in the Po river floodplain
assessment of the main pressures in the basin
detection of the main morphometric and hydrological characteristics
evaluation of macrophyte vegetation
assessment of water quality with portable probes
sampling of water and sediment
laboratory analysis of the main hydrochemical variables
analysis of benthic fluxes
data handling/statistics
report writing
presentation and discussion of reports

Full programme

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Bibliography

teacher notes
laboratory manuals

Teaching methods

introductory lesson by teacher
working in small groups under the guidance of the teacher and teacher assistants

Assessment methods and criteria

assessment of the report and the oral presentation

Other information

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