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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LÜTFI TOLGA GÖNÜL

Offered to

MARINE CHEMISTRY
MARINE CHEMISTRY

Course Objective

This course is an introduction to Chemical Oceanography. Environmental models and residence time describe the intrinsic ion composition of seawater, river flows into and out of the ocean, and the seafloor. Biogeochemical cycle between water and sediment in the ocean; It plays a role in understanding the formation, transport and disintegration of particles and the composition of sea water as a result of these effects. In this course, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen and sulfur cycles will be examined. In addition, topics such as primary production, primary productivity, the nutrient profiles with depth, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, organic matter will be discussed. Additionally, the uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the marine environment, the carbonate cycle and "Ocean Acidification" will be examined. Students will present their homework topics in class. The most recent publications on the topics within the scope of the course will be discussed.

As a result, with the knowledge gained, the student will understand the functioning of the world's oceans from a biogeochemical perspective and will be able to more easily comprehend the physico-chemical and biological processes between the ocean-atmosphere-earth crust.

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 - An introduction to marine biogeochemistry, S.M. Libes, J. Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 1992.
2 - Chemical oceanography, F.J. Millero, CRC Press, N.Y., 1996.
3 - Seawater: its composition, properties and behaviour, The Open University, Pergamon
Press, 1989.
4 - Ocean circulation, The Open University, Pergamon Press, 1989.
5 - Ocean chemistry and deep-sea sediments, The Open University, Pergamon Press, 1989.
6- Aquatic chemistry, W. Stumm and J.J. Morgan, J.Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 1981 + more recent
editions.

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 of Dokuz Eylül University The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences at http: www.fbe.deu.edu.tr

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Dr. Lütfi Tolga GÖNÜL
Dokuz Eylul University
Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology
Marine Chemistry Programme
Phone: 90 232 278 55 65 - 103
E-Mail: tolga.gonul@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

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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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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