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FW 544 - Ecotoxicology

  • 3 credits
The purpose of FW 544 is to provide an overview of ecological and environmental aspects of toxicology and pollution ecology. The course will cover individual, population, community, and ecosystem responses to contaminants and other anthropogenic stressors and provide examples of the application of ecological principles to addressing these responses. Students will learn main categories of pollutants and their characteristics, how pollutants are introduced into systems, the measurement of ecological responses to pollutant presence, and the role of monitoring and experimentation in measuring pollutant impacts.

Prerequisite

LAND 220/LIFE 220 (Fundamentals of Ecology (GT-SC2)) or LIFE 320 (Ecology); STAT 301 (Introduction to Statistical Methods) or STAT 307 (Introduction to Biostatistics)

Textbooks and Materials

Section 801

Required

  • Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology: The Science of Pollution (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL), 5th Ed. (2019)
    Michael C. Newman
    ISBN: 9780815354024
    Not available at the CSU Bookstore
    Not available at CSU bookstore. ebook ISBN 978135113999
Not available at CSU bookstore.

Instructors

Gail Dethloff
Gail Dethloff

gail.dethloff@colostate.edu

Gail Dethloff is an ecologist with a focus on ecotoxicology and conservation biology. She earned a Ph.D. in ecology at University of California-Davis and has worked on a variety of projects focusing on biomonitoring, aquatic toxicology, natural resource assessment, and long-term ecological data collection to assist in identifying long-term trends. She directs the M.F.W.C.B graduate degree program in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and advises students in that program. She teaches online courses on wildlife ecology and management, habitat management, conservation biology, and ecotoxicology.

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