PřF:Bi8095 Oceanobiology - Course Information

Bi8095 Ecology of seas and oceanobiology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2009

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Bi6083 Bc. state exam system. biology

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

Assessment methods

Lectures and oral exam.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

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