January 2006 Please accept my apologies - this website is in the process of  being updated for 2005-6 Academic year and this may interfere with functionality from time to time

BIOL202 Natural Resources: depletion, pollution and toxicology

This course has been significantly changed for 2005-6

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The course will be presented by Dr Rick Leah and Professor Rob Marrs in 2005-6 Academic year

There is no separate course handbook for this course as Course Notes will be made available as the course progresses which should be accumulated to form the Handbook . 
Recommended reading will be indicated in the course notes.

The course notes will be handed out in hard copy form at the lectures

Please follow the links below for further information presented to complement the lectures by Dr Rick Leah

Lect5: Notes on Transboundary Pollution and Impact of Acid deposition on Freshwaters
Lect6: Information on Over-exploitation of Marine Fisheries - 
Lect6: Introduction to Lecture 6 Consequences of Freshwater Pollution 
Lect7: Toxicity and toxicology: meaning and measurements - 
Lect 8: Introduction to Biomarkers of Pollution impact
Lect 12: Environmental Risk from industrial organic chemicals I : PCBs  - 
Lect 13: Environmental Risk from industrial organic chemicals II : Dioxins & Flame Retardents
Lect14: Wastewater disposal : Sewage treatment : Sewage treatment  (plus Endocrine Disruption)- 
Lect17: Improving the 'Dirtiest Estuary in Europe' - a case history of the Mersey Estuary and Irish Sea  

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