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| BTB5170 | Fish Physiology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Nadir BAŞÇINAR | | Co-Lecturer | Prof.Dr. İlhan ALTINOK | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Provide an overview of the wonderful world of fishes and their morphological, physiological, behavioural, and ecological diversity, so that the student can be informed enough to make biologically sound judgments and decisions in fisheries management and aquaculture. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | know fish species. | 1 - 2 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | get knowledge about fish biology and be able to describe living area of them. | 1 - 2 | 1, | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Fish and fishes. General anatomy. Introduction to systematic. Skin and related structures. Swimming and buoyancy. Gills and respiration. Heart, blood vessels and circulation. Eye and vision. Inner ear and lateral line. Olfaction, taste and other sensory systems. Colour, light, sound and electric generation. Excretion system and water-ion balance. Digestive system, feeding and digestion. Reproductive system and strategies. Growth and age determination. Fish and man - future of fishes. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction: fish and fishes. | | | Week 2 | General anatomy. Introduction to systematic. Skin and related structures. | | | Week 3 | Laboratory: fish species, and morphology | | | Week 4 | Swimming and buoyancy, fins. Skin and related structures. Gills and respiration. | | | Week 5 | Eye and vision, Inner ear. | | | Week 6 | Laboratory: gills, eye, inner organs. | | | Week 7 | Olfaction, taste and other sensory systems. | | | Week 8 | Heart, blood vessels and circulation. Colour, light, sound and electric generation. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Digestive system, feeding and digestion. | | | Week 11 | Excretion system and water-ion balance. | | | Week 12 | Reproductive system and strategies. | | | Week 13 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 14 | Reproductive system and strategies. | | | Week 15 | Growth and age determination. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Çelikkale, M. S. , 1991. Balık Biyolojisi. K. T. Ü. Deniz Bilimleri Fakültesi, Yayın No. 1, 387 p. | | | 2 | Demir, N., 1996. İhtiyoloji (Ichthyology). İstanbul Üniversitesi, Fen Fakültesi N: 236, 394 p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 19/11/2025 | 1 | 30 | | Quiz | 13 | 24/12/2025 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 09801/2026 | 1 | 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 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 12 | 60 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 3 | 24 | | Arasınav | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 5 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 170 |
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