INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES IN FIELD

The practical course aims to deepen with the students one or more aspects of the applied ecology with measurements and applications carried out together directly in the field with laboratory analyses of the samples taken in the field. In this case the course will be a full immersion study on the application of ecological status indicators for the determination of the environmental quality of the transitional environments through the study of biological communities (macroalgae, photoplankton, aquatic plants, dune and barena plants, benthic macrofauna, fish macrofauna). Ifact biological cxommunities are more suitable than environmental parameters for an objective assessment of the environment quality.

Ability to determine the environmental quality of any transition environment

Students must have a good knowledge of aquatic and terrestrial plant biological communities, and benthic macro-fauna.

Application of ecological status indices: The Macrophyte Quality Index (MaQI), multimetric phytoplankton index (MPI), the M-AMBI (Multivariate Marine Biotic Index), the BITS (Benthic Index based on Taxonomic Sufficiency) and other on the o vegetation of the salt marshes and dunes

Reference texts are not necessary. The study material will be provided to the students in Power Point, Word and Excel files.

Preparation of a report on the field and laboratory activities carried out, on the indexes treated and their application to the study cases carried out in the Venice lagoon. Final presentation of the results obtained in power point.

Lessons are held with presentations in Word, Excel and Power point which will be sent to the students the day before each lesson or the following day. In addition, for some topics students are provided with scientific articles on the main topics covered.

Italian

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Natural capital and environmental quality" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development