| Lecture |
Topic |
| 1 |
Outline of Course Syllabus & Introduction to Aquatic
Toxicology. |
| 2 |
Major Classes of Pollutants (Inorganics, Organics, Radiation) |
| 3 |
Routes by Which Pollutants Enter the Aquatic Ecosystems.
A case study of the S. California Bight |
| 4 |
Direct Chemical methods
for the identification, quantification and speciation of inorganic
pollutants |
| 5 |
Direct Chemical methods
for the identification, quantification and speciation of organic
pollutants |
| 6 |
In Situ biomonitoring systems for water quality assessment |
| 7 |
Determination of Toxicity:
Toxicity
Testing. Trials and Tribulations |
| 8 |
Toxicity Assessment: End
points in Toxicity (Acute versus Chronic; Lethal vs physiological) |
| 9 |
Behavioral responses to toxicants |
| 10 |
Physiological responses to toxicants |
| 11 |
Biochemical responses to toxicants |
| 12 |
Cellular and Molecular responses to toxicants |
| 13 |
Biomarkers of Xenobiotic Stress (organismal, cell/tissue,
subcellular) |
| 14 |
Biomarkers of Xenobiotic Stress (Alarm parameters, Toxicity
stress/strain parameters/ Finger print parameter) |
| 15 |
Molecular Mechanisms of interaction of Inorganics
(Metallothioneins) |
| 16 |
Molecular Mechanisms of interaction of Organics
(Cytochrome
P-450) |
| 17 |
Recombinant reporter assays for Toxicological Assessment |
| 18 |
Case Studies in Toxicology (Cytochrome P-450 induction
and Endocrine Disruption by TBT). 5/13/99 |
| 19 |
Microsoft Power point Workshop |
| 20 |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
| 21 |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
| 22 |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
| 23 |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
| 24 |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
| 25 |
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday May 18th, PH1-218 12.30-2.30 |
