Universität Wien

300473 PP Heavy metal stress: ecology of organisms (2011S)

Ecology of organisms from heavy metal habitats: Strategies to cope with stress

10.00 ECTS (6.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung am 15. Februar 2011, 11-12 Uhr im HS II

Die LV wird als Teilblock abgehalten von 3.5. bis 30.6. 2011 jeweils Di und Do von 9.00 bis 12.00 im Konferenzraum Ökologie und beinhaltet eine Exkursion zu den Serpentinstandorten im Mittelburgenland am 6.5.2011.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 10 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 03.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Konferenzraum-Ökologie
  • Thursday 05.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Konferenzraum-Ökologie
  • Tuesday 10.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Konferenzraum-Ökologie
  • Thursday 12.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Konferenzraum-Ökologie
  • Tuesday 17.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Konferenzraum-Ökologie
  • Thursday 19.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Konferenzraum-Ökologie
  • Tuesday 24.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Konferenzraum-Ökologie
  • Thursday 26.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Konferenzraum-Ökologie

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The project laboratory course deals with natural and man-made heavy metal ecosystems and their organisms.
The geophysical situation of the habitats and the specialized organisms that have developed on these toxic soils will be discussed. Methods of analysis will be explained and applied individually.

Assessment and permitted materials

Personal contributions during the project practicum.
The results of the practical course will be discussed through guided and independent bibliographical research, summarized in a protocol, and presented in a final seminar.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The Project Practicum shall lead to a better understanding of the organism's resistance to toxic soil and their strategies of survival. This knowledge can be deepened and applied in practice within the scope of an excursion to heavy metal habitats during the course.

Examination topics

The practical course takes place in the laboratories of the Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research Unit in the Biocenter Althanstrasse.
Heavy metals will be analysed in soils and plants:
by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) by X-ray microanalysis (EDX),
by Light Microscopy (LM) and specific fluorescent dyes and markers,
in plants and soils by atomic absorption spectral photometry (AAS) of extracts

Reading list

Relevante Literatur wird während des Kurses zur Verfügung gestellt.

Association in the course directory

B-BOE 12, B-BOE 13, B-BPF 9, B-BPF 10, BOE 10, BOE 11, BOE 12, BPF 9

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