Instructor:  Dr. Donna R. Kashian      Office:  Room 207 Wagar      Office Hours: 11:00-12:00 M,W (and by appointment)      Phone:  970-491-5563      e-mail:  dkashian@cnr.colostate.edu

Course Location & Meeting Times Lecture:  10:00-10:50a     MW           107B WAGAR Recitation Section:  4:10-5:00p    W    132 WAGAR

Syllabus

Reading List

Discussion Groups

SUMMARY

The purpose of this course is to provide students with an overview of ecological and environmental aspects of toxicology and pollution biology.  The course will emphasize population, community, and ecosystem responses to contaminants.  General understanding of ecology, chemistry, and basic statistics is essential.

TEXT

Clements, W.H. and M.C. Newman. 2002 Community Ecotoxicology. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England.

PROPOSAL FORMAT:  Follow EPA Proposal Guidelines

Lectures and Discussions	Supplementary materials
Lecture 1:  Introduction	handout in class
Lecture 2:  Acute and Chronic Toxicity Testing	handout in class
Discussion 1:  Statistical Analyses of Field and Laboratory Toxicity Data	Questions for discussion:  Discussion leader Donna Kashian
Lecture 3:  Factors that modify Toxicity	handout in class
Lecture 4: Population, community and Ecosystem Response	handout in class
Discussion 2:  Population, Community, and Ecosystem Responses	Questions for Discussion:  Discussion leaders Kate C. & Michelle B.
Lecture 5: Interactions among Metals/UV-B and DOC	handout in class, Definitions
Discussion 3:  Bioaccumulation	Questions for Discussion:
Lecture 6:  Exposure Assessment (analytical chemical methods)	Recommended reading
Lecture 7:  Reproductive Toxicology
Lecture 8: Phytoremediation	Kesterson Reservoir,           More Kesterson Reservoir info.
Lecture 9:  Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition   by Dr. Jill Baron	Loch Vail Watershed research project
Lecture 10:  Exposure Assessment (biomarker application)	Recommended reading:  Hoffman et al.: Ch. 11 Bioindicators
Discussion 5:  Global Pollution: Acidification and CO2 and UVB	Questions for Discussion:
Lecture 11:  Chemodynamics, Bioaccumulation, and Trophic Transfer	handout in class
Discussion 5:  Sediment	Questions for Discussion
Lecture 12:  Organic Pollutants 1:  Pesticides, PCB's and Dioxins	handout in class
Discussion 5:  Biomarkers	Questions for Discussion
3/7:  Lab Exercise: Meet in CLL WEST (Natural Resources Blg.)
Discussion 6:  Pesticides, PCB’s and Dioxins	Questions for Discussion
Lecture 13:  Organic Pollutants 2:  PAH's	handout in class
Discussion 7:  Biomonitoring	Questions for Discussion
Lecture 14:  Biomonitoring	handout in class;  Clean Water Act
Discussion 8:  Experimental Approaches I:  Microcosm and Mesocosms	Questions for Discussion
Lecture 14:  Microcosm and Mesocosms	handout in class
Discussion 9:  Experimental Approaches II:  Ecosystem Manipulations	Questions for Discussion
Lecture 15:  Ecological Risk Assessment	handout in class; CERCLA/Superfund info.
Discussion 10:  Ecological Risk Assessment	Questions for Discussion
Lecture 15:  Ecological Risk Assessment (2 lectures)	handout in class
Discussion 11:  Metals	Questions for Discussion
Lecture 16 & 17:  Metals	handout in class; Foundry Cove
Lecture 18 &19:  Global Pollution Problems: Acidification, CO2 & UV Radiation	handout in class; What is the Kyoto treaty? ;  EPA Clean Air
Discussion 12:  Organic Pollutants 2	Questions for Discussion
Lecture 20:  Sediment	handout in class
Discussion 13:  Wildlife Toxicity (MANDITORY ATTENDANCE)	Questions for Discussion
Lecture 21 & 22:  Wildlife Toxicity (MANDITORY ATTENDANCE)	handout in class

USEFUL ECOTOXICOLOGY RELATED WEB SITES
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Global Warming article
Environmental Protection Agency:  Pesticides
Our Stolen Future
ExtoxNet:  EXtension TOXicology NETwork - provides chemical/pesticide profiles
Global Climate Change photographs-BBC