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| BTM3028 | Plankton Culture | 1+1+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring 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, Group study, Lab work , Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to teach the production techniques of planktonic organisms to students and to give the practical knowledge about production techniques. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Learn plankton physiology and ecology | 1,3,6,7,8 | 1,6 | | LO - 2 : | Prepare culture media | 1,3,6,7 | 4 | | LO - 3 : | Calculate planktonic biomass in the cultur media.
| 1,3,6,7 | 1,6 | | LO - 4 : | They can take the desired species to culture medium | 1,6,7 | 1,6 | | LO - 5 : | They can identify cultivated species. | 6,7,8 | 1,4 | | 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 plankton, systematic groups belonging to planktonic organisms, industrial and commercial uses of phytoplankton and zooplankton, physical and chemical environments required for algae culture, cultural properties of various planktonic organisms, storage and microscope techniques. Biomass estimation methods in culture. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to planktonoloji, the history of plankton studies, plankton related fields and aplications of plankton studies
| | | Week 2 | Adaptation mechanisms to pelagic environment in planktonic organisms
| | | Week 3 | Classification of planktonic organisms
| | | Week 4 | Aquatic food webs, nutrient recycling, grazing | | | Week 5 | Utilization of plankton | | | Week 6 | İdentification of microalgae | | | Week 7 | Mikroalgae culture | | | Week 8 | Physical and chemical requiriments in culture | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Mediums and chemicals used in culture
| | | Week 11 | Equipment for plankton culture | | | Week 12 | Homework presentations | | | Week 13 | Sterilization techniques | | | Week 14 | Mediums used in algae culture, Classical batch culture methods, modified batch culture, semi- continuous culture tecniques
| | | Week 15 | Techniques used for biomass estimation in culture | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam
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| 1 | Özel, 1992, Planktonoloji. Ege Üniversitesi Basım Evi, İzmir, 277 sayfa | | | 2 | Bat, L., SatılmışH.,H., Şahin, F., Üstün, F., Özdemir. Z., ve Ersanlı, E., 2008. Plankton Bilgisi ve Kültürü. NOBEL YAYINCILIK, Ankara, 248 sayfa. | | | 3 | Hoff,T.H ve Snell, T.S., 2004. Plankton Culture Manual, Florida Aqua Farm İnc. 183 sayfa | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 12/04/2018 | 45,00 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 31/05/2018 | 45,00 | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 12 | 24 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 13 | 13 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 7 | 14 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 6 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 102 |
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