COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOXIC PHYTOPLANKTON AND THEIR ECOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CDK 6001 TOXIC PHYTOPLANKTON AND THEIR ECOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NIHAYET BIZSEL

Offered to

MARINE LIVING RESOURCES
MARINE LIVING RESOURCES

Course Objective

In general ecology of toxic planktonic organisms (bacteria, protista and metazoa) and in detail toxic phytoplankton, their ecology, toxins, red-tide events after blooming period, their economic and social effects, the importance of discoloration of phytoplankton species after human pressure on the environment will be evaluated in the light of current information.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students should be able to define plankton forms and describe the characteristics
2   Students should be able to identify phytoplankton and describe their toxic ones
3   Students should be able to explain how toxic phytoplankton influence major element cycles (C, N, P) in the sea
4   Students should be able to define the socio-economic effects of toxic events
5   Students should be able to define the situation in the coast of Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definition of plankton, classification according to size
2 Toxic/nuisance plankton and their effects on marine environment
3 Toxic phytoplankton and their effects on marine environment (cont'd)
4 Toxic phytoplankton blooms (HABs) and identification of species that cause HABs
5 HABs events and distribution in past and present and their effects on marine environment
6 Identification of dominant/common phytoplankton species and their distribution
7 Monitoring of toxic species and their management
8 Ara sınav
9 Toxic species observed in Turkish coast and their distribution and effects
10 Toxins produced by toxic phytoplankton species and their effects on marine organisms
11 Genetical and biochemical approaches on toxin production of toxic phytoplankton species
12 Some toxic species; Heterosigma akashiwo, Karenia mikimotoi, Dinophysis sp., Pseudo-nitzschia sp., etc., in Turkish coast, their growth dynamics, ecophysiology Student assignment
13 General information about counting of toxic phytoplankton species using by nucleicacid probe. Current publications presented by students
14 Assignment

Recomended or Required Reading

Hallegraeff G.M., Anderson, D.M., Cembella, A.D. (eds) 2004. Manual on harmful marine
microalgae, - Monographs on oceanographic methodology 11, Unesco, Paris.
Larsen, J. & Nguyen, N.L. (eds). 2004. Potentially toxic microalgae of Vietnamese
waters. Opera Bot. 140: 5-216.
Hallegraeff, G.M. 2004. Harmful algal blooms: a global overview. In: Hallegraeff,
G.M., Anderson, D.M., Cembella, A.D. (eds), Manual on Harmful Marine Microalgae,
Monographs on oceanographic methodology 11, Unesco, Paris, pp. 25-50.
Web Kaynakları:
IOC-HAB homepage: http://ioc.unesco.org/hab
Biological Institute, University of Copenhagen:http://www1.bio.ku.dk/
IOC Taxonomic Reference List of Toxic Plankton Algae http://www.marinespecies.org/hab/
Yasuwo Fukuyos dinoflagellate homepage: http://dinos.anesc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Domoic Acid and Pseudo-nitzschia http://www2.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/os/aes-sae/daprradp/
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References php to_doE=refs&subject_cdE=3
Toxic cyanobacteriahttp://www-cyanosite.bio.purdue.edu/cyanotox.htm

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures will be held as presentations

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 * 0.40 +ASG * 0.10 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +ASG * 0.10 +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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

The office hour will be informed on the office door.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Reading 5 4 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 177

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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