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| ENVT0737-2 | Transfer and ecotoxicology of the micropollutants in the watery ecosystems
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Célia Joaquim‑Justo, Jean‑Pierre Thomé |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | After a brief overview of the differnt types of micropollutants, the fate of these molecules after their input in aquatic ecosystems will be presented. Toxicokinetics, biotransformations and impacts of these xenobiotics on aquatic organisms will also be considered. Strategies applied to adress these pollutions at the EU and Wallonia level will be discussed with the students. |
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| Course objective : | Pollutants relevant of the following classes will be revised:
- inorganic ions
- organic toxic pollutants
-organometallic compounds
Sources and fate of these molecules in aquatic ecosystems will be considered (distribution, transport, biotransformations).
Accumulation in organisms and fate in organisms will be presented (bioaccumulation/biomagnification, storage, metabolisation, excretion).
The followig aspects of biological effects will be taught:
- dose-response curves
- methods for assessing toxicity
- genotoxic and neurotoxic effects, mitochondrial toxicity, effects towards ATPses,...
- endocrine disruption
- free radicals
- toxicity at the evel of organs, organisms, population and ecosystems.
Methods in water quality monitoring (biomonitoring, biomarkers) in EU and Wallonia will be presented as seminars and discussed with the students. |
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| Contacts : | Laboratoire d'écologie animale et d'écotoxicologie, Institut de Chimie, Bât. B6c, Allée du 6 août, 15, 4000 Liège, Belgique
Prof. Jean-Pierre Thomé
Tél.: + 32 4 366 50 60
Secrétariat (M. Lunetta + 32 4 366 50 62)
Fax: + 32 4 366 51 47
e-mail: JP.Thome@ulg.ac.be
Dr. Célia Joaquim-Justo
Tél.: +32 4 366 51 40
e-mail: Celia.Joaquim-Justo@ulg.ac.be |
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