SUBJECT

Title

Natural and environmental importance of wetlands

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

Doctoral

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Part of degree program

Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences

Credits

Recommended in

Semesters 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

Wetland types: marine and continental. Marine: coastal, mangrove, coral reefs and estaurine. Continental: rivers and lakes, fluvial landscape, floodplanes. Ecological importance of natural and semi-natural wetland: great species density, huge biodiversity, mosaic-like landscape structure and intensive biomass productivity.
Environmental importance of wetlands: diffuse pollution control by wetlands. Wetlands as water “living filters”. Transforming useless swamps into valuable wetlands. Watershed: implications for the biodiversity. The role of harvest and plant decomposition in constructed wetlands. Phytoremediation processes for water and air pollution control in the aspects of nutrient and carbon dioxide removals. Phytoplankton biomass regulation in contrasting environmental states of temporary pools. Agricultural wetlands.

Readings

Csorba, P. (2003).Tájökológia. Debreceni Egyetem, Kossuth Egyetemi Kiadó, Debrecen. 113 oldal
Kerényi, A. (2007). Tájvédelem. Pedellus Tankönyvkiadó, ISBN: 9789639612549. 184 oldal
Lóczy, D. (2002). Tájértékelés, földértékelés. Dialóg Campus, Pécs. 308. oldal. ISBN: 97896310278.
Szabó, M. (2008). A bioszféra sokfélesége – az élővilág változatossága és veszélyeztetettsége. Földrajzi Közlemények. 132. 4. pp. 441-449.
Raymundo E. Russo (editor): Wetlands : ecology, conservation, and restoration. ISBN 978-1-60876-354-2 (E-Book). Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York.
T. McDonald (editor), (2015). Ecological management and restauration. John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. Online ISSN: 1442-8903
Wilson, Edward O. (2002). The Future of Life. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-679-45078-8.