- Docente: Elena Fabbri
- Crediti formativi: 6
- SSD: BIO/09
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Moduli: Elena Fabbri (Modulo 1) Marilin Profita (Modulo 2)
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 1) Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Scienze e tecnologie per la sostenibilità ambientale (cod. 6055)
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Orario delle lezioni (Modulo 1)
dal 21/03/2025 al 26/05/2025
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Orario delle lezioni (Modulo 2)
dal 11/04/2025 al 29/05/2025
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
The interaction between stress factors from the marine environment with animal/human physiology will be the core of the teaching course. Potential impacts of pollutants will be considered, mainly addressing emerging pollutants and new conditions generated by global change. The students will learn about: main contaminants and source of discharge; impacts on animal physiology and threats to human health; principles of environmental quality assessment using biological methods (biomarkers); knowledge on integrated monitoring plans applied at the national and international levels.
Contenuti
This course is part of the WACOMA curriculum: Principles of organism-environment interaction. Ocean and Human Health. Traditional and emerging risks to human and marine animal health. Ocean pollution and ecosystem health. Animal exposure to temperature changes, acidification and emerging contaminants in the marine environment. Route of contaminant exposure: adsoprtion, distribution, metabolism (basic principles) and excretion. How chemicals harm animal cells: exposure/effect scenarios; acute toxicity, chronic toxicity. Dose response relationships, non-conventional dose-response relationships. The critical importance of marine monitoring for human health and saveguard of ecosystems. Biomarker responses to environmental factors in marine sentinel organisms (invertebrates and fish). Biomonitoring plans in the marine environment.
Testi/Bibliografia
Dedicated Chapters of some books and suggested papers:
BOOK: Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Marine Environment: Current Challenges in Marine Pollution, Editors: Victor Leon, Juan Bellas, Elsevier 2023
BOOK: An Introduction to Toxicology. Philip C. Burcham. Springer (available online)
Metodi didattici
Frontal lessons and lab practices
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
The final exam aims at evaluating the achievement of the teaching objectives by verifying the knowledge on: Ocean and Human Health. Traditional and emerging risks to human and marine animal health. Route of contaminant exposure. How chemicals harm animal cells. The critical importance of marine monitoring for human health and saveguard of ecosystems. Biomarker responses. Development of Biomonitoring plans in the marine environment. The (written) exam will focus on three specific questions on the different topics covered. The questions are open-ended questions to which the student will be asked to provide concise but pertinent answers. A question on a general topic, one on a more focused aspects and one on the organization of an environmental assessment / monitoring action.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
Power point slides, scientific papers, lab manuals
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Elena Fabbri
Consulta il sito web di Marilin Profita
SDGs


L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.