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Ecohydrology and ecological biotechnologies for sustainable ecosystems and society in the face of global changes
University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01
Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection
13.1/13.2
6
30
Summer semester
Lecture
Professor Maciej Zalewski, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Students of higher schools in Łódź and ERASMUS students
Exam
15th February
Bogda Brewinska-Zaras, tel. (+48 42) 635 44 38, e-mail: bozar@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Ecohydrology is the transdisciplinary science. The general assumption is the use ecosystem properties as management
tools (ecological biotechnologies) in Integrative Water Resources Management.
The three principles provide framework for implementation of the system approach.
1. Hydrological – quantification of hydrological processes and land cover patterns in basin scale.
2. Ecological – determination on the basis the first principle, the potential to enhance river ecosystem robustness.
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3. Ecological Engineering – provides know-how (dual regulation) for enhancement river robustness – regulation of
hydrology for shaping and regulating the biota and vice versa shaping the structure of biota for regulating
hydrological processes.
Zalewski M., Janauer G.S., G. Jolankai (eds.). 1997. Ecohydrology – A new Paradigm for the Sustainable Use of
Aquatic Resources. International Hydrological Programme UNESCO. UNESCO IHP-V Technical
Document in Hydrology No 7, Paris, 58 pp.
Literature:
Zalewski M. 2000. Ecohydrology-the scientific background to use ecosystem properties as management tools toward
sustainability of water resources. Guest Editorial Ecological Engineering 16: 1-8.
Zalewski M. (ed.) 2002. Guidelines for the Integrated Management of the Watershed- Phytotechnology and
Ecohydrology. UNEP- IETC, Freshwater Management Series 5.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/Freshwater/FMS5/
Zalewski M. 2002. Ecohydrology – the use of ecological and hydrological processes for sustainable management of
water resources. Hydrological Sciences Journal 47(5): 825-834
Zalewski M & Wagner-Lotkowska I. (eds). Integrated Watershed Management – Ecohydrology and PhytotechnologyManual. UNESCO IHP, UNEP IETC. 246 pp.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/Water_Sanitation/integrated_watershed_mgmt_manual/index.asp
Zalewski M. 2002. Ecohydrology – the use of ecological and hydrological processes for sustainable management of
water resources. Hydrological Sciences Journal 47(5): 825-834.
Zalewski M. 2004. Ecohydrology as a system approach for sustainable water biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Proceedings of the International Conference “Ecohydrology from Theory to Action” in the framework of the
UNESCO MAB/IHP programmes, 18-21 May 2003, Wierzba, Poland. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4(3): 229235.
Zalewski, M. 2006. Ecohydrology - an interdisciplinary tool for integrated protection and management of water bodies.
Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 158/4, p: 613-622.
“Water Quality for Ecosystem and Human Health 2nd Edition” by UNEP GEMS Water Programme, ERCE u/a
UNESCO and IAP Water Programme
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