PřF:Bi8095 Oceanobiology - Course Information

Bi8095 Ekologie moří a oceánobiologie

Faculty of Science
Spring 2006

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Tue 8:00–9:50 BR1

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Zoology)

Course objectives

Basic course of marine ecology and oceanobiology. Function, biodiversity and ecology.

Syllabus

Principles of oceanography and marine biology; marine organisms: function and environment; organisms of the open sea; processes in the open sea; organisms of the seabed; coastal benthic environments; processes on the seabed from the shelf to the deep sea; human impact on the sea

Literature

Modrá planeta : historie oceánů. [Praha]: BBC Worlwide Ltd., 2002, 180 min. info
LEVINTON, Jeffrey S. Marine biology : function, biodiversity, ecology. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, xi, 515. ISBN 0195141725. info
DANIELS, Patricia. Oceán. Praha: Egmont, 2001, 60 s. ISBN 80-7186-589-3. info
ANIKOUCHINE, William A. and Richard W. STERNBERG. The World ocean : an introduction to oceanography. 2-nd ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1981, i-xii, 513. ISBN 0-13-967778-X. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: sudý.