- Docente: Corrado Piccinetti
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Natural Sciences (cod. 8016)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the class, the student will be able to understand the likely additions between environmental components and living organisms to determine the biological communities and their becoming. Besides, through some applied ecology issues, the student will be conscious of the factor complexity that has to be considered to address the human intervention.
Course contents
Introduction to ecology. Ecosystem and its components. Ecosystem abiotic factors and their influence on the biological component. Temperature. Lighting. Soil. Atmosphere. Water. Climate. Constraining factors. Biogeochemical cycles. Food chains. Aquatic ecosystems. Plankton. Benthos. Nekton. Running and stagnant waters. Terrestrial ecosystems. Succession of communities. Population dynamic. Growth, age classes, age determination. Birth rate. Mortality. Population fluctuations. Pollution: sewage waters, MSW (municipal solid waste) disposal, controlled landfill. Marine pollution.
Readings/Bibliography
ODUM E.D. – 2001- Ecologia, un ponte tra scienza e società. Ed. Piccin, Padova
MILLER G.T. – 1997- Ambiente, risorse, sostenibilità. Ed. Piccin, Padova
BULLINI L., PIGNATTI S., VIZZO DE SANTO A. – 1998 – Ecologia generale. UTET, Torino
CHAPMANN J.L., REISS M.J. – 1994 – Ecologia (principi ed applicazioni). Zanichelli Bologna
PROVINI A., GALASSI S., MARCHETTI R. – 1998 – Ecologia applicata. Città Studi Edizioni, Milano
Teaching methods
Lectures. Transparencies and videos projection in case.
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Teaching tools
Overhead and video projector
Office hours
See the website of Corrado Piccinetti