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| Semester | fall semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | Oliver Heiri (oliver.heiri@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Biotic indicators play an important role in modern ecosystem and ecotoxicology assessments, but also in palaeoecological reconstructions of species distributions, of ecosystem changes and of variations in abiotic environmental variables. In this lecture we will discuss the assumptions behind the use of biotic indicators for environmental reconstruction and examine specific examples of proxy applications, such as the use of assemblage data for reconstruction of ecosystem states and past environmental (e.g. climatic, water chemistry) changes. We will also discuss selected examples that show how how index-based and transfer function-based approaches can be used to provide insights into past ecological and environmental change, and that the quantification of past environmental changes based on biotic indicators is a challenging but potentially very powerful approach for understanding past changes in our environment. |
| Bibliography | Selected papers will be provided in the course of the lecture. |
| Weblink | Geoökologie |
| Admission requirements | Basic background knowledge on environmental reconstruction, ecology and earth system sciences is expected. Students without this expertise are also welcome to participate, but should be willing to independently acquire basic background on these topics as necessary to understand the course contents |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Module: Environmental Geosciences and Biogeochemistry (Master's Studies: Geosciences) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Written test |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,5 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Geowissenschaften |