COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KEMAL CAN BIZSEL

Offered to

MARINE LIVING RESOURCES

Course Objective

The course is based on theoretical lectures and two presentations to be prepared by students during the term. The main purpose is to provide students basic principles of population dynamic of selected marine organisms representing each trophic level in a marine ecosystem, by emphasizing the major differences in their dynamics and their reasonings.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Sparre, P and Venema, S. C. (1988). Introduction to Tropical Fish Stock Assessment - Part 1: Manual. FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER 306/1 Rev. 2.
Gessler, D. (2003). Population Dynamics, Marine Community Ecology, and Oceanography of Marine Microbes
Jonathan Roughgarden, J, Iwasa, Y. and C. Baxter (1985). Demographic Theory For An Open Marine Population With Space-Limited Recruıtment, Ecology, 66(1), pp. 54-67

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course has core section focusing on the main components that drives dynamics of population. On the basis of this core section, the population dynamics of selected organisms representing each trophic level and/or habitat will be addressed by a comparative approach. The theoretical part is based on lectures addressing the ecological concepts and mechanisms underpinning the different subjects, followed by discussions of previously distributed papers (or papers independently searched by the students), emphasising the basic processes, the adaptations, the evolutionary implications and the research methodologies. Students will prepare, present and discuss two presentations on the selected topics.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes