COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SEAS SURROUNDING TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MCP 5024 PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SEAS SURROUNDING TURKEY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IDIL PAZI

Offered to

MARINE CHEMISTRY
MARINE CHEMISTRY

Course Objective

This course is focused on biogeochemical physical processes controlling the distribution of nutrients, organic matter, dissolved oxygen, primary productivity in environments including Mediterranean, Marmara, Aegean and Black Sea.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning general characteristics of sea surrounding Turkey
2   Understanding Black Sea biogeochemical properties
3   To have knowledge of the two-layer marine ecosystem in the Marmara Sea
4   Learning chemical oceanography of the Aegean Sea
5   Understanding physicochemical properties of the Mediterranean Sea

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General characteristics of sea surrounding Turkey
2 Black Sea oceanography and the Cold Intermediate Layer (CIL) formation processes in the Black Sea
3 Interactions between the physical, biological and chemical processes of the oxic, suboxic and anoxic layers of the Black Sea, occurence and stability of the suboxic zone
4 The role of anthropogenic and climatic forcing on the long-term changes of the Black Sea Ecosystem
5 Chemical fluxes in the Turkish Strait System, Dardanelles and Bosphorus Straits.
6 Two-layer marine ecosystem in the Sea of Marmara, physical processes and chemical oceanography of the Aegean Sea
7 The interaction of physical processes and chemical oceanography of the Aegean Sea
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Biogeochemical physical presses controlling the distribution of nutrients, organic matter and primary productivity in Mediterranean Sea
10 Biochemical properties of water mass in the Eastern Mediterranean
11 Chemistry of atmospheric aerosols and effect of Saharan dust on the productivity in the Sea
12 Distribution and inputs of persistant pollutants in different matrices from the Turkish coastal waters
13 Distribution and inputs of biodegradable pollutants in different matrices from the Turkish coastal waters
14 Student assignments (discussion)

Recomended or Required Reading

Besiktepe, S.T., Unluata, U., and Bologa, A.S., 1999. Environmental Degradation of the Black Sea: Challenges and Remedies. NATO Science Series, 2/56. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dorchrecht, The Netherlands, 393 pp.
Garrrison, T., 2001. Oceanography; An Invitation to Marine Science. Broks/Cole. ISBN 0-534-53082-6.
Ivanov, L. and T. Oguz. 1998. NATO TU-Black Sea project ecosystem modeling as a management tool for the black sea, symposium on scientifi c results. NATO ASI Series.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dorchrecht, The Netherlands. 2/47. Vol. 1, 377 pp. and Volume 2, 396 pp.
Yılmaz, A. 2002. Türkiye Denizlerinin Biyojeokimyası: Dağılumlar ve Dönüşümler. Turkish J. Eng. Env. Sci. 26 , 219-235.
Libes, S.M., 1992. An Intorduction to Marine Biogeochemistry. John Wiley&Sons Inc.,Canada, 715 pp.
Yımaz, A., Tugrul, S., 1998. The effect of cold- and warm-core eddies on the distribution and stoichiometry of dissolved nutrients in the NE Mediterranean. J of Mar Sys 16:253-268.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Reading the related parts of the course material each week, attending the course and participating in class discussions are the requirements of the course. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof. Idil PAZI
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Deniz Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi Enstitüsü
Bakü Bul. No.100 35340 Inciraltı/IZMIR
Tel: 0232 278 55 65/127
e-mail: idil.erden@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday and Friday; 14:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 40 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 159

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.122324253334
LO.212313353243
LO.312213252234
LO.412323352343
LO.522232352344

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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