Transfers of contaminants in hydrosystems - EU objectives:
Understand: interaction between microbiological, chemical and hydrological processes during the transfer of contaminants
Acquire the basics: observe and characterize the transfer of contaminants
Understanding and using modern analytical approaches: assessing and predicting the transfer and degradation of contaminants Ecological engineering
Ecotoxicology - I. Ecotoxicology: principles and bases
Introduction - definitions
1.Exposure and fate of pollutants (Biavailability, fate of pollutants in the environment: degradation and metabolism)
2. Toxicokinetics (Pathways of entry, distribution, bioaccumulation, biotransformation, elimination)
3. Toxicodynamics - Effects and toxicity
4. Monitoring
II. Measuring the effects of contaminants: bioassays
III. Measuring the effects of contaminants: biomarkers
Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons -