BB506: Marine and Brackish Water Ecology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 04000601

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.
4th quarter.

Teacher responsible
Email: hur@biology.sdu.dk

Timetable
There is no timetable available for the chosen semester.

Comment:
Undervisningen foregår mandag den 16. august – lørdag den 21. august (begge dage inkl.) på Marinbiologisk Feltstation i Kerteminde. Alle dage kl. 8-17.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
None.

Course introduction
The aim of the course is to give an elementary introduction to a range of marine biological topics dealt with during the course which is carried out as a combination of experimental field and laboratory work. The nearby fjord-system Kerteminde Fjord/Kertinge Nor is used as an example. Main emphasis is put on hydrography, primary production, nutrient turnover, benthic fauna and plankton. Finally, a number of abiotic environmental factors, that influence the life in marine and brackish water areas, are treated.

Expected learning outcome
At the end of the course it is expected that the student is able to:

- Explain the basic fundamental features of the interplay between hydrography and plankton dynamic
- Identify and describe the most important key-organisms in a brackish-water ecosystem (Kertinge Nor)
- Conduct field- and laboratory studies that illustrate the importance of selected key organisms in a shallow-water ecosystem
- Carry out qualitative and quantitative measurements on populations of selected animals
- Present and evaluate own data and experimental results, and write a report

Subject overview
The participants collect animals and plants for determination of species. During a boat excursion temperature, salinity, oxygen and chlorophyll are measured along a selected transect. In addition zooplankton and phytoplankton are collected for determination of species and counting. The participants in the course work in groups which subject a selected topic to a critical examination.

Literature

Kompendium

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Approved report. On a pass/fail basis.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Forelæsninger (2 t), seminarer (3t), felt- og laboratoriearbejde (45 t).
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English, if international students participate. Otherwise the course is taught in Danish.

Remarks
The course is held during six days in late August at the Marine Biological Research Centre (University of Southern Denmark), Kerteminde. Excursion with boat the first day. Please remember to register for examination/evaluation.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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