COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE CHEMISTRY-I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MCP 5017 MARINE CHEMISTRY-I 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

Offered to

MARINE CHEMISTRY
MARINE CHEMISTRY

Course Objective

Course Description
This course is an introduction to chemical oceanography. It describes reservoir models and residence time, major ion composition of seawater, inputs to and outputs from the ocean via rivers, the atmosphere, and the sea floor. Biogeochemical cycling within the oceanic water column and sediments, emphasizing the roles played by the formation, transport, and alteration of oceanic particles and the effects that these processes have on seawater composition. Cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, and sulfur. Uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the ocean. Material presented through lectures and student-led presentation and discussion of recent papers.

The student has acquired insight in basic aspects of the world ocean's functioning in terms of physical, chemical and biological aspects and has increased his/her understandng about the
the close interactions between physico-chemical and biological processes in the ocean and between the ocean and the atmosphere.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   the students being able to work with other scientists coming from different disciplines as a team and gai skills to handle difficulty situation
2   the students will be able to know about the quality of the marine water
3   The student is able to (i) participate in a post-hoc scientific discussion about the subject presented during a seminar tackling a specific question on environment or earth sciences in
4   Thestudent is able to write an accurate, comprehensive synthesis of a scientific talk.
5   to learn the analysis and the determination of the minor and major ions composition of seawater
6   Monitoring and keeping track to the researches on the field of chemical oceanography and the international literature
7   gaining the ability to use tools and equipment used in marine research and monitoring.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is chemical oceanography Themes to be developed
2 Major Ions of Seawater
3 Trace Elements in Seawater
4 Controls on the Composition of Seawater
5 Temperature - Salinity diagrams; density
6 Gasses in seawater (O2 and CO2; air-sea gas exchange)
7 Redfield element ratios; respiration coefficient; Apparent Oxygen Utilisation
8 midterm
9 Carbonate chemistry: factors affecting alkalinity, pH, Total CO2, calcium carbonate saturation in the water column
10 The Thermohaline circulation: impact on climate and biogeochemical signatures of the deep ocean
11 Nutrients and productivity
12 Nitrogen transformation processes in the open ocean, and the estuarine and coastal Environment
13 practical work in laboratory
14 practical work on research vessel

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Tracers in the sea, W.S. Broecker and T.-H. Peng, Eldigio Press, N.Y. , 1982.
2- An introduction to marine biogeochemistry, S.M. Libes, J. Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 1992.
3- Chemical oceanography, F.J. Millero, CRC Press, N.Y., 1996.
4- Seawater: its composition, properties and behaviour, The Open University, Pergamon Press, 1989.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions, field tripe, team/ group work, demonstration ,laboratory pratice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

lectures, discussions,field tripe, team/group work, demonstration, laboratory pratice

Assessment Criteria

midterm (40%)+ final exam(60%)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is compulsory at both till % 70, but the rules for the attendance up to the students and can be obtained from the web site ofFen faculty at http: www.fbe.deu.edu.tr

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Abdelouahab Chouikhi
Dokuz Eylul University
Institute of marine sciences & Technology
Tel: 00 90 232 279 15 22
E-mail: a.chouikhi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday at 14:00 -16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Tutorials 2 2 4
preparatıon for midterm exam 1 6 6
preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparation before / after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Reading 6 3 18
preparing assignement 3 9 27
midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.143121222221
LO.222233311132
LO.331111112113
LO.411311221222
LO.511312312232
LO.612222121231
LO.715122211221

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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