Ecological Engineering (250MEA002) – Course 2024/25 PDF
Contents
Definition of concepts linked to Ecological Engineering. Concepts and definitions of ecology terms. Relationship between the physical/chemical environment and the biological environment. The great biogeochemical cycles. Relationship between bioavailability and contamination.
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3h Large groupThe most common methods to improve the ability to transmit oral knowledge will be seen, how to organize a presentation, how to write scientific texts and how to choose a good practical case to present a good example of ecosystem restoration situations
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2h Large group + 1h Guided ActivitiesThe methodologies for analyzing a degraded ecosystem situation will be addressed and what are the steps to follow to return the ecosystem function
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3h Guided ActivitiesThe methodology for determining the parameters that define the quality of an ecosystem will be defined and evaluated
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3h Large groupCalculation of diversity, biomass and temporal evolution of ecological successions in ecosystems. We will see the diversity equations and their calculation, the determination or estimation of the population abundance based on volumetric relationship equations with the biomass and the statistical potential equations to, based on the measurement of the normal diameter, estimate biomass photosynthetic Markov chains (matrix statistical calculation) will be used to determine the evolution of the communities of an ecosystem over time
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2h Large group + 1h Guided ActivitiesApplication of the logistic model of population ecology with the variant of constant exploitation or exploitation with constant effort for the determination of human aggression in aquatic ecosystems
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2h Large group + 1h Guided ActivitiesBiosensors will be used to determine biomass and microbial activity in terrestrial and aquatic systems. Data processing and model formulation
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2h Large group + 1h Guided ActivitiesBiological indices as a numerical tool for monitoring the quality of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Several biological indices will be seen and applied to the monitoring and determination of the quality of an aquatic ecosystem (BMWP and SBI) and a terrestrial system
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2h Large group + 1h Guided ActivitiesExam on theoretical and numerical concepts of Ecological Engineering
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3h Large groupOral defense of a case study of the monitoring and evaluation of the environmental restoration of a freshwater or saltwater ecosystem
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3h Large group + 3h Laboratory classesOral presentation of the experimental data provided by the teaching staff on which strategy is best to condition a degraded soil. Analysis of soil quality production of terrestrial biomass
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3h Large group + 9h Laboratory classes