Università Roma Tre

Bioindication: basic concepts. Main ecological characteristics of a Bioindicator. Two ways for bioindicating: react and bioaccumulate. The homeostasis of the Bioindicators. Time and ecological relationship of the bioindicators' responses to environmental variations (perturbations). What are a stress and a stressor.
Bioindication in different levels of biological organization. Integrity and funzionality of the Ecosystem. Status verification of the biocoenoses and evaluation of the environmental quality. Two different approaches: the theories of the Top-Down and of Buttom-Up.
Bioindication and environmental monitoring. Bioindication in aquatic, edaphic and atmospheric habitat. Examples of application of the bioindication techniques. Evaluation of the environmental quality by ecological and biotic indices. Standard and sperimental techniques for monitoring activities. The bioindication in Italy. Main European and Italian directives. International and national Agencies, Authorities, Institutions for environmental monitoring.

Pdfs of the lessons performed during the course and the book: Bioindicatori ambientali, 1998, edited by F. Sartori, Graphic Arts Juri Iodice, Sannazzaro (PV).
The teacher receives Mon, Wed, Fri from 9.00 to 10.00 by appointment via email: simona.ceschin@uniroma3.it