APPLIED ECOLOGY
ECOLOGIA APPLICATA
| A.Y. | Credits |
|---|---|
| 2015/2016 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
|---|---|---|
| Antonella Penna |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
Providing a general overview of the applicability of applied ecology science to solve conflicts between human development and conservation of ecosystem services.
Program
1.1 Role of Ecology in analysis, assessment, management and recycling of environment modified by human activities.
2. Analysis: methodologies of analysis of human modified systems:
2.1 Urban and industrial systems.
2.2 Agricultural systems.
2.3 Forestry systems.
2.4 Freshwater systems.
2.5 Marine systems.
3. Assessment
3.1 Ecological foot-print of urban system productivity.
3.2 Assessment of minimal water fluxes admissible.
3.3 Assessment of organic load of water systems.
3.4 Assessment of touristic activities.
4. Management.
4.1 Management of animal life (regulation of hunting and fishing).
4.2 Management of forestry.
4.3 Biodiversity conservation actions.
5. Processes.
5.1 Sustainability of ecosystem services and human activities.
5.2 Climatic changes and agricultural production.
5.3 Climatic changes and human diseases.
5.4 Human health ecology.
5.5 Economic ecology.
5.6 Biotechnologies.
5.7 Invasive species.
6. Methodologies of applied ecology.
6.1 Chemical-physical parameters of marine seawaters.
6.2 Use of multiparametric probes for chemical-physical and biological parameters of marine seawaters.
6.3 Measurements of primary productivity.
6.4 Molecular methodologies applied to the ecology of marine microorganisms.
Bridging Courses
Ecology
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Students will need to show that they have acquired a good basic knowledge of applicability of applied ecology science, as well as of the principal methods used for the analysis and applications.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Lectures.
Lab experiences, and marine sampling trip by boat according with the Professor. Use of basic oceanographic instruments (CTD, Niskin bottle, Secchi's disk, phytoplankton net).
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures using slide material.
- Attendance
Students are highly advised to attend the course.
- Course books
-Introduzione all' Ecologia Applicata. Dalla teoria alla pratica della sostenibilità. S. Galassi, I. Ferrari, P. Viaroli. Città Studi Edizioni 2014
-Ecologia e protezione dell'ambiente marino costiero. N. della Croce, R. Cattaneo Vietti, R. Danovaro (Eds.). Utet, Torino 1997.
-Armi, acciaio e malattie. J. Diamond, Einaudi, 1997
-Environmental restoration. Science and strategies for restoring the earth. J.J. Berger (ed.), Inland Press, Washington,1990
-Introduzione all'ecologia marina, Barnes R.S.K. & Hughes R.N., Piccin, 1990
-Ecologia Applicata, Cunningham,W.P., Cunningham M.A., Saigo B., McGraw-Hill, 2004
- Assessment
Oral examination.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Lectures. Lab experiences, and sampling trip by boat according with the Professor.
- Attendance
Students are highly advised to attend the course.
- Course books
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-Ecology and our endangered life-support systems. E.P. Odum, Sinauer Associates, Sunderlands, mass., 1989
-Introduzione all' Ecologia Applicata. Dalla teoria alla pratica della sostenibilità. S. Galassi, I. Ferrari, P. Viaroli. Città Studi Edizioni 2014-Ecologia e protezione dell'ambiente marino costiero. N. della Croce, R. Cattaneo Vietti, R. Danovaro (Eds.). Utet, Torino 1997.
-Armi, acciaio e malattie. J. Diamond, Einaudi, 1997
-Environmental restoration. Science and strategies for restoring the earth. J.J. Berger (ed.), Inland Press, Washington,1990
-Introduzione all'ecologia marina, Barnes R.S.K. & Hughes R.N., Piccin, 1990
-Ecologia Applicata, Cunningham,W.P., Cunningham M.A., Saigo B., McGraw-Hill, 2004
- Assessment
Oral exam
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
Some lessons will be held in English.
The student can request to sit the final exam in English.
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