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| BTM2004 | Marine and Inland water Ecology | 2+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz GÜNEROĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | Prof.Dr.Muzaffer Feyzioğlu | | 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. | 8,9 | 1,4 | | LO - 2 : | understand the factor affected the primary production in the ocean. | 8,9 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | learn the function of the organisms which living in the benthic and pelagic environment. | 8,9 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | have skill in the field studies on board. | 8,9 | 1,4 | | LO - 5 : | make a decision to managing the organisms according to living habitats. | 8,9 | 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), 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 | Practice on ship (CYD. navigation, water sampling, sampling equipments used for plankton and bentic organisms and practice on their use). | | | Week 6 | Material cycle, nutients, nitrojen, phosphate and silicon and carbon cycle. | | | Week 7 | Nutrients and fitoplankton population growth, measuring of growth, physical control of primary production | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Phytoplanktonic groups | | | Week 10 | Zooplanktonic groups, holoplankton, meroplankton and ichtyoplankton. | | | Week 11 | Vertical distribution and vertical migration of zooplankton in oceans and marine environment | | | Week 12 | Zoogeography of the holoplankton, pachness, community structure of zoolankon long tern changeas in zooplankton community. Food web, food chain and secondary production.
| | | Week 13 | Microbial loop, Fisheries oceanography, | | | Week 14 | practical exam, fisheries and oceanography | | | Week 15 | Human impacts on marine biota | | | Week 16 | End-of-term 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 | 8 | | | 30 | | Laboratory exam | 12 | | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | | 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 | 4 | 13 | 52 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 13 | 13 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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