Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2023_24
Subject	ENVIRONMENTAL BIOINDICATORS					Code	00207046
Study programme	0207 - GRADO EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	3	Optional	Fourth	First
Language	Castellano
Prerequisites
Department	BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL
Coordinador	TERRÓN ALFONSO , ARSENIO				E-mail	atera@unileon.es mcfera@unileon.es abfers@unileon.es fgarc@unileon.es
Lecturers	FERNÁNDEZ ALÁEZ , MARÍA DEL CAMINO FERNÁNDEZ SALEGUI , ANA BELÉN GARCÍA CRIADO , FRANCISCO TERRÓN ALFONSO , ARSENIO
Web	http://
General description	General concepts about the bioindication. Selection of bioindicators of the water, air and soil quality. Bioindicator species. Understanding the biological response. Indicator value of the main groups of organisms: Indexes and other alternative methods.
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL CALVO GALVAN , LEONOR Secretario BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL ACEDO CASADO , MARIA DEL CARMEN Vocal BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL TARREGA GARCIA-MARES , MARIA REYES Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL BECARES MANTECON , ELOY Secretario BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL ANSOLA GONZALEZ , GEMMA Vocal BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL FERNANDEZ GONZALEZ , MARIA DELIA

Competencias

Code
B3743
B3744
B3745
B3749
B3750
B3751
B3759

Learning aims

	Competences
		B3743 B3744 B3745
		B3750 B3759
		B3749 B3751

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Laboratory practicals	6	12	18
Field work/trips	4	6	10
Lecture	18	27	45
Mixed tests	2	0	2
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
Laboratory practicals
Field work/trips
Lecture

Personalized attention

Lecture Laboratory practicals

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Lecture		60%
Laboratory practicals		40%
Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	Bailey, R.C. , Bioassessment of freshwater ecosystems, Kluwer Academic Publishers , 2004 Lewis. Markert, B.A., Breure, A.M. and Zechmeister, H.G. (Eds). , Bioindicators & Biomonitors. Principles, concepts and applications, Elsevier, 2003 Helawell, J.M. , Biological indicators of freshwater pollution and environmental management, Elsevier Applied Sci. Publ., 1986 London. Loeb, S.L. and Spacie, A. , Biological Monitoring of Aquatic Systems, , 1994 Ederra Indurain, A. , Botánica ambiental aplicada. Las plantas y el, Eunsa, 1996 Terrón Alfonso, A., Empleo de bioindicadores liquénicos para valorar, Institución Fray Bernardino de, 1988 Rosenberg, D.M. and Resh, V.H. , Freshwater biomonitoring and benthic macroinvertebrates, Chapman and Hall, 1992 Cenci R. M., Linee guida per l'utilizzo di muschi indigeni, muschi trapiantati e suoli per valutare le ricadute di contaminanti organici e inorganici, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2007 Calatayud, V. y M. J. Sanz , Los líquenes, Ministerio de Medio, 2000 Nimis P.L. , Scheidegger C. and Wolseley P.A. , Monitoring with Lichens – Monitoring Lichens, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002 Lorenzini G., Piante vascolari come indicatori della qualità dell’aria (inquinamento da ozono): proposte metodologiche., Atti workshop “Biomonitoraggio della qualità dell’aria sul territorio nazionale”, Roma, 26-27 novemb, 1998
Complementary	, http://waterontheweb.org, , , http://www.aelimno.org, , , http://www.epa.gov, ,

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