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01/07
Wednesday
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6:30 pm (2h)
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Welcome party
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02/07
Thursday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Initial Introduction to Ecological risk Assessment and Overview of Course
Logistics
Course structure
Exercises and Credit for course
Exposure Assessment
Predicting Environmental Fates
Thermodynamics--Fugacity
Kinetics
Exercise I (Environmental Kinetics)
Environmental Monitoring
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
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Profs. John Giesy & Markus Hecker
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2:30 pm (3h)
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Structures of Models
Modeling Demonstration
Exercise II (Environmental Models)
Exercise III (Homework: GENEEC model)
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Prof. John Giesy
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03/07
Friday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Hazard Determination
Dose-Response relationships
Statistical determination of toxicity relationships
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Prof. Markus Hecker
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2:30 pm (3h)
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Toxicity Testing
Bioassays
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Prof. Markus Hecker
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0407
Saturday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Example Environmental Risk Assessment (Organophosphate Insecticide-Chlorpyrifhos)
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Prof. John Giesy
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2:30 pm (3h)
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Sediment toxicity assessment (Bioassays)
Sediment cores for environmental monitoring
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Prof. John Giesy
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05/07
Sunday
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Whole day
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Field trip to Jiulong River
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Prof. Nengwang Chen
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06/07
Monday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Multiple toxicants
Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships
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Prof. Markus Hecker
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2:30 pm (3h)
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Probabilistic Assessments
Exercise III (PRAT)
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Profs. John Giesy & Markus Hecker
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07/07
Tuesday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Student presentation session (oral/poster)
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08/07
Wednesday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Causal assessment
The conventional hazard identification approach
Common difficulties in assessing cause
The best available approach
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Prof. Michael Newman
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2:30 pm (3h)
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Identifying and quantifying lethal effects
Identifying and quantifying more subtle effects
Ecological effects characterization
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Prof. Michael Newman
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09/07
Thursday
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9:00 am (3h)
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The global problem of harmful algal blooms
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Prof. Don Anderson
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2:30 pm (2h+2h)
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Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms
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Prof. Don Anderson
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New technologies in the management of harmful algal blooms
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Prof. Don Anderson
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10/07
Friday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer
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Prof. Wen-Xiong Wang
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2:30 pm (3h)
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Eutrophication and HABs along Chinese coast
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Prof. Mingjiang Zhou
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11/07
Saturday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Tour to Piano Island
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12/07
Sunday
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Free day
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13/07
Monday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Eutrophication and algal bloom problems in a watershed - River – Estuary system: a case study from the Jiulong River Watershed to Estuary
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Prof. Huasheng Hong
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2:30 pm (2h+2h)
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Eutrophication and algal blooms in the Pearl River Estuary and Hong Kong water – as a case study (1)
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Prof. Paul Harrison
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Eutrophication and algal blooms in the Pearl River Estuary and Hong Kong water – as a case study (2)
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Prof. Paul Harrison
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14/07
Tuesday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Ecosystem recovery after sewage treatment
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Prof. Paul Harrison
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2:30 pm (3h)
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Toxic mechanisms of HAB toxins
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Prof. Doris Au
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15/07
Wednesday
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9:00 am (3h)
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Contemporary issues in Marine Pollution & Ecotoxicology
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Prof. Rudolf Wu
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3:00 pm (2h)
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Closing ceremony
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