Università Roma Tre

The Bioindication: basic concepts. Main ecological characteristics of a biological indicator. Two ways for bioindicating: react and bioaccumulate. The homeostasis of the bioindicators. Time and ecological relationship of the bioindicator responses to environmental changes. The meaning of disturbance, stress and stressor. Analysis of the main environmental stressors (chemico-physical pollution, biological pollution by alien species, anthropogenic impact) and of the relative biological responses. Bioindication in different levels of biological organization (Biomarkers and Bioindicators). Assessment of the plant and animal community status and evaluation and monitoring of the environmental quality and ecosystem integrity. Bioindication and environmental monitoring in aquatic, terrestrial and aerial environment. Examples of application of the standardized and experimental bioindication and biomonitoring techniques (from Ecotoxicological essays to phyotoremediation of contaminated matrices). Bioindication and environmental monitoring. Evaluation and monitoring of the environmental quality by Ecological and Biotic Indices. Bioindication and Environmental monitoring in Italy. International and national Agencies, Authorities, Institutions for environmental monitoring.

Pdfs of the lessons performed during the course.
Studying in 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