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| BTB7182 | Zooplankton | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Lab work | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | İncreasing the knowlage of the student on zooplankton systematic, biology and ecology |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Identify zooplankton species. | 2,4,5 | 1,4 | | PO - 2 : | Understant palgic adaptation in zooplankton. | 3,6 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | Separate holoplankton and meroplankton. | 3 | 1,4 | | PO - 4 : | Understant the feeding behavier of zooplankton. | 3,4 | 1 | | PO - 5 : | Calculate zooplankton biomass. | 3 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Pelagic ecosystem, sampling strategy, protozoa, holoplanktonic organism, meroplanktonic organism, reproduction in zooplankton, microbial loop, secondary production, techniques in biomass determination, index applications. Biology and systematics of organisms in zooplankton |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Properties of pelagic ecosystem | | | Week 2 | importance of planktonic organisms | | | Week 3 | zooplankton sampling and storage methods | | | Week 4 | biomass measurement methods | | | Week 5 | feeding in zooplankton and grazing | | | Week 6 | Secondary production in the seas | | | Week 7 | Measurement of growth and reproductive rates | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Species richness, species diversity and evenless indices applications | | | Week 10 | Zooplankronic groups (prtozoa, cilliata, radiolaria foraminifera) | | | Week 11 | Zooplankronic groups (ctenophora, chaetognatha) | | | Week 12 | Introduction to Arthropoda | | | Week 13 | Zooplankronic groups (crusatacea copepoda, euphasitler, mysidler) | | | Week 14 | Zooplankronic groups (isopdlar, cladocerler, amphipodlar) | | | Week 15 | Zooplankronic groups (ichtioplankton), mikrobial loop | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Rissik, D and Iain M. Suthers, I 2008. Plankton: A Guide to their Ecology and Monitoring for Water Quality, CSIRO publication, 256 p. | | | 2 | Harris R, Wiebe P, Lenz J, Skjoldal, H and Huntley M, 2000. ICES Zooplankton Methodology Manual, Academic Press, Sandiego, 684 p | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 20/11/2012 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/01/2012 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 9 | 27 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 7 | 12 | 84 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 7 | 42 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 10 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 211 |
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