Biology and Ecology of Wetland Plants

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Course ID:	1400-225BERW
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.204 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Biology and Ecology of Wetland Plants
Name in Polish:	Biologia i ekologia roślin wodnych
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Biology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty obieralne na studiach drugiego stopnia na kierunku bioinformatyka Elective subjects Elective subjects for students of MSOŚ
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Main fields of studies for MISMaP:	biology environmental protection
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	During the course students will learn about the functioning of wetland ecosystems (mires, rivers and their valleys) with particular attention paid to their flora and vegetation also in the context of the ecosystem-forming role of vascular plants and bryophytes.
Mode:	Classroom and field classes
Short description:	WHEN AND WHERE: The course will take place in September and finish with an exam in October. The corse includes 7 days in field Station in Pilchy and one day in Warsaw in Vistula river valley. Durig the stay in Pilchy for one day and excursion to most interesting wetlands of the region is planned. NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 20 REGISTRATION: Due to the need to pay in advance for the accomodation in the field station apart from registaration in USOS a students are obliged to make a paiment in the Secretary of the Department of Plant Ecology and Environmental Conservation (details below in the part related to the current year's course edition).
Full description:	Morphological and anatomical adaptations of vascular plants, mosses and algae to life in aquatic environment. Biology of aquatic and waterside plants (life forms, overwintering, generative and vegetative reproduction, types of diaspores, and their dispersal). Carnivory in plants - the result of resource scarcity; various adaptations of native and alien carnivorous species to life in aquatic and peatland environment. The plant cover and habitat conditions within aquatic and mire ecosystems. Stratigraphic structure and types of peatlands. Valleys of big and small rivers - the zonation of waterside and flood plain vegetation. Criterions and the system of classification of wetland vegetation in Poland. Some aspects of chorology, neophytism and invasions. The origin, chorology, biology and ecology of invasive aquatic plants in the world and in Poland.
Bibliography:	Casper S.J., Krausch H.D. 1980-1981. Pteridophyta und Anthophyta. Teil 1,2.Ettl H., Gerolff J., Heynig H. (eds) Sußwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. G. Fischer Verl., Jena. Joosten, H., Tanneberger, F., Moen, A. (Eds.), 2017. Mires and peatlands of Europe. Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany. Kłosowski S., Kłosowski G. 2001. Flora Polski. Rośliny wodne i bagienne. MULTICO Oficyna Wydawnicza, Warszawa. Matuszkiewicz W., 2001. Przewodnik do oznaczania zbiorowisk roślinnych Polski. Vademecum Geobotanicum Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa. Mühlenberg H., 1980. Das grosse Buch der Wasserpflanzen, Edition, Leipzig. Podbielkowski W., Tomaszewicz H. 1996. Zarys hydrobotaniki. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa. Podbielkowski Z., Podbielkowska M., 1992. Przystosowania roślin do środowiska. WSiP, Warszawa. Podbielkowski Z., Sudnik-Wójcikowska B. 2003. Rośliny mięsożerne zwane też owadożenmymi. MULTICO Oficyna Wydawnicza, Warszawa. Sculthorpe C.D. 1967. The biology of aquatic vascular plants. Edward Arnold Ltd., London. Rydin, H., Jeglum, J.K., Hooijer, A., 2006. The biology of peatlands, The biology of habitats. Oxford University Press, Oxford ; New York. Szmeja J. 2006. Przewodnik do badań roślinności wodnej. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk. Tobolski K., 2000. Przewodnik do oznaczania torfów i osadów jeziornych. Vademecum Geobotanicum. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa.
Learning outcomes:	After completion of the course a student will recognise the main wetlant types, will know the main plant species associated with those types and will understand their ecology in respect to the current habitat conditions. A student will also gain an ability to determine main ecological groups of wetland plants (including bryphytes) and will know their habitat requirements.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The grade is based on the results of a written exam which takes place after the course (in October).
Practical placement:	Not applicable.

This course is not currently offered.

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