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| BTM1004 | Fish Biology | 2+0+1 | ECTS:5 | | 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 | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of laboratory per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Nadir BAŞÇINAR | | Co-Lecturer | None | | 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 |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | know fish species.
| 2,3,9 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | get knowledge about fish biology and be able to describe living area of them.
| 2,3,9 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | think reproduction features of fishes and interpret about fish culture.
| 2,3,9 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | think reproduction features of fishes and interpret about fish culture.
| 1,2,3,9 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | know feeding and migration of fishes, and interpret about fishing and fish culture.
| 1,2,3 | 1 | | LO - 6 : | know age and growth of fishes, and have knowledge about fish culture and fishing.
| 1,2,3 | 1 | | LO - 7 : | operate fish in laboratory.
| 1,2,3 | 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 | | |
| 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 | Laboratory: fish species, and morphology
| | | 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 | Mid-term exam
| | | Week 9 | Heart, blood vessels and circulation. Colour, light, sound and electric generation. | | | Week 10 | Digestive system, feeding and digestion.
| | | Week 11 | Laboratory: length, weight, age determination
| | | Week 12 | Excretion system and water-ion balance.
| | | Week 13 | Reproductive system and strategies.
| | | Week 14 | Growth and age determination.
| | | Week 15 | Fish and man - future of fishes.
| | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam
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| 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 | 8 | 01/04/2012 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 30/05/2012 | 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 | 14 | 70 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 1 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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