Ecotoxicology

ECTS: 7
Department: GB
Degree level: 2^nd year of Bachelor
Teaching contact hours:  Lab work : 15h / Tutorial: 6h / Theoritical distance learning : 16h / Personal Tutorial : 2 x 1h  Exam 2h (a total of 41 hours).
Instructor: Laurent VILLERMET

Course topics

This introduction to ecotoxicology present different types of pollution, scattering and circulation of pollutants through the ecosphere and notion of “toxicants” and their ecological impacts. This module discuss also pollutant monitoring and risk assessment. Lab work focuses on standardized test (with Daphnia and Vibrio), standardized biological indication (water and air quality) and pollutant phytoremediation.