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| BTM3017 | Plankton Ecology | 1+1+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ali Muzaffer FEYZİOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on interaction between the organism and environmental condition, biological oceanographic process in the marine environment. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Comment on affect of physical parameter on organisms | 7,8 | 1,2,3 | | LO - 2 : | Understand the factor affected the primary production in the ocean | | | | LO - 3 : | Comment on the function of the organisms living in the bentic and pelagic environment | | | | LO - 4 : | Heve skill in the field sutudies on board | | | | LO - 5 : | Lead basic limnological studies | | | | LO - 6 : | Make decision to managind the organisms according to living habitats | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to biological oceanography, basic environmental factors in marine environment, palagic and bentic ecosystems, phytoplanktonic group in the sea, Primary productivity and basic photosynthetic process. Zooplanktonic organisms mero and holoplankton in the sea. Zooplankton phytoplankton relation in pelagic system. Temporal and spatial changes in productivity in the world ocean. Human impact on marine environment |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to biological oceanography, terrastial versus marine habitat, Basic eclogical terms | | | Week 2 | Abiotic environment, solar radiation, light and ecological zones, effect of the light on living organisms. | | | Week 3 | Temperature, surface and vertical distribution of temperature, effect of the temperature on living organisms. Salinity, surface and vertical distribution of salinity, effect of the salinity on living organisms. | | | Week 4 | The distribution of the density, hydrostatic pressure in marine environments and the their effects on living organisms. | | | Week 5 | Introduction to freshwater ecosystem, classification of lakes, stratification of lake, bentic zone in lake | | | Week 6 | Practice on ship (CYD. navigation, water sampling, sampling equipments used for plankton and bentic organisms and practice on their use). | | | Week 7 | Phytoplanktonic groups | | | Week 8 | Material cycle, nutients, nitrojen, phosphate and silicon and carbon cycle. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Nutrients and fitoplankton population growth, measuring of growth, physical control of primary production | | | Week 11 | Zooplanktonic groups, holoplankton, meroplankton and ichtyoplankton. | | | Week 12 | Vertical distribution and vertical migration of zooplankton in oceans and marine environment | | | Week 13 | Zoogeography of the holoplankton, pachness, community structure of zoolankon long tern changeas in zooplankton community. Food web, food chain and secondary production. | | | Week 14 | Microbial loop, secondary production and measurement of secondary production | | | Week 15 | Fisheries and oceanography, human impacts to marine biota | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Feyzioglu A.M. Basılmamış ders notları | | | |
| 1 | Lalli, C.M., and Parsons, T., 2004. Biological Oceanography an Introduction, Elcevier, China, 314 p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 17/11/2012 | 60 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 14 | 14/12/2012 | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 60 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 13 | 39 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 13 | 26 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Ödev | 2 | 4 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Total work load | | | 108 |
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