COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLLUTION IMPACTS ON MARINE BENTHOS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CDK 5011 POLLUTION IMPACTS ON MARINE BENTHOS 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 FERAH KOÇAK

Offered to

MARINE LIVING RESOURCES
MARINE LIVING RESOURCES

Course Objective

Due to rapidly increasing population and uncontrolled development along the coastline, terrestrial pollutants particularly came from downtown and industrial district have irreversible or temporary effects on estuarine and coastal communities. The aims of this lecture are to investigate pollution status, the source of pollutants and the changes occurred in the marine communities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have full consciousness about marine habitats, marine pollution and the ways these pollutants enter to the marine environment. Therewith they will also generate hypotheses, plan research and make comments about the results
2   Be able to categorize the pollutants in marine ecosystem, be aware of the problems and find solutions for them.
3   To identify marine benthic invertebrates at least at phylum degree, evaluate their ecological roles in ecosystem and interpret their knowledge in multidisciplinary studies.
4   Determine the impacts of different types of pollutant on marine communities and benthic invertebrates. In the solution of encountering challenges have an ability to put forth alternative suggestions for consideration.
5   Be able to think about pollution indicator species and elucidate the environmental status using appropriate species at right place regarding the source of pollution and aim of the study .Search for solutions to practical problems using this knowledge.
6   To know general seawater quality criteria and make a comment on environmental pollution monitoring studies by providing knowledge and use appropriate tools to maintain accurate results.
7   Be able to choose the appropriate methodology for monitoring and evaluation of pollution and to be involved in several interdisciplinary research activities
8   To reduce impact of pollutants for conservation of biological diversity and sustainable using of the living resources associate with local authority

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Marine habitats, marine pollution and main types of pollution inputs into the ocean
2 Marine benthic invertebrates and their ecological role
3 The effects of nutrient and organic matter enrichments on biotic communities
4 Effects of fish farming activity on sediment and water quality parameters
5 Impact of pollution on sensitive ecosystem, Posidonia ocanica meadows
6 The effects of oil pollution, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and halogenated hydrocarbons on biotic communities
7 Midterm exam
8 The effects of heavy metals and radioactivity on biotic communities
9 Other anthropogenic impacts and marine organisms as indicator
10 Case study: Chesapeake Bay and Bafa Lake
11 Assignment presentation
12 Ballast water discharge, fouling, invasive species and their impacts on marine ecosystem
13 Seawater quality standard and marine pollution monitoring and assessment programs
14 The relationships between benthic communities and their environment

Recomended or Required Reading

Kennish, M.J., (1997). Pollution Impacts on Marine Biotic Communities, CRC Press, Florida, 310 pp.

Soule, F.D.ve Kleppel, G.S., (1987). Marine Organisms as Indicators, Springer-Verlag, New York, 342 pp

Kennish, M.J. (1992) Ecology of Estuaries: Anthropogenic Effects, CRC Press, London

Sindermann, C.R. (1996). Ocean Pollution: Effects on living resources and humans, CRC Press, USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theorical lecture and assignment

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Participation is obligatory 70% of lectures

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam (%30): LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assignment (%20): LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Final (%50): LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO7, LO8

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ferah.kocak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 24 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Reading 10 3 30
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.131543322
LO.231553354
LO.352444355
LO.442554554
LO.552443354
LO.655444353
LO.752445554
LO.851455554

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