COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEAVY METALS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MCP 5020 HEAVY METALS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

MARINE CHEMISTRY
MARINE CHEMISTRY

Course Objective

Heavy metals are the most studied contaminants in marine environments. Because of their effects to estuarine and marine organisms above a threshold availability and their persistence in the environment, heavy metals pose potentially hazardous conditions. This course focuses on the understanding of the general properties, sources, distribution, cycling and behavior of heavy metals (Hg, Cd, As, Sn, Pb, Cr, Cu and Zn) in the marine environment. The aim of this course is also to provide the students, interested in marine sciences with most updated information and knowledge on the trace metals in aquatic systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The classification of and identification heavy metals and species in marine environment
2   Understanding the sources of heavy metals to the marine environment
3   Comprehending the methods of analysis, measurement techniques and media of pollution assessment for monitoring metal pollution in the marine environment
4   Understanding the behavior and cycles of heavy metals in the marine environment
5   Being able to evaluate the results from metal analysis
6   Being able to interpret scientific perspective of metal analysis results and writing scientific publications at this matter

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE SOURCES OF METAL POLLUTION
3 MEASURING TECHNIQUES OF METALS
4 The Behavior and Cycling of Mercury in Marine Environment
5 The Behavior and Cycling of Cadmium in Marine Environment
6 Laboratory treatment
7 MID-TERM EXAMINATION
8 The Behavior and Cycling of Arsenic in Marine Environment
9 The Behavior and Cycling of Tin in Marine Environment
10 The Behavior and Cycling of Lead in Marine Environment
11 The Behavior and Cycling of Chromium in Marine Environment
12 The Behavior and Cycling of Copper in Marine Environment
13 The Behavior and Cycling of Zinc in Marine Environment
14 Laboratory treatment

Recomended or Required Reading

U. Förstner and G.T.W. Wittmann (Edits), Metal Pollution in The Aquatic Environment. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg NewYork Tokyo 1983.
R.W. Furness and P.S. Rainbow (Edits), Heavy Metals in The Marine Environment. CRC Pres, Inc. Boca Raton, Florida 2000.
Michael J. Kennish (Edit). Practical Handbook of Estuarine and Marine Pollution. CRC Press, Inc. 1997.
Susan M. Libes., An Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 1992.
Werner Stumm and James J. Morgan., Aquatic chemistry. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 1981
Roy Chester. Marine Geohemistry. Chapman and Hall.
1990.
Selected contemporary articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course is taught in the classroom in the form of presentations and discussions.
The students are required to attend class and laboratory applications

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

There will be one midterm examination at 7. week. The success of students as 50% mid term and 50% final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is compulsory at both till %75. Students must read the relevant sections at each week.
Students must participate discussions in class and laboratory studies.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr.Aynur Kontaş
Instutute of Marine Sciences and Technology
Inciealti, 35340 Izmir
e-mail: aynur.kontas@deu.edu.tr
tel: 2785565/160

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 5 55
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 2 14 28
Reading 10 4 40
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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