1. COURSE DECRIPTION – GENERAL INFORMATION
Tatjana Bakran-Petricioli,
1.1. Course teacher
Assistant Professor
1.2. Name of the course
Marine Biology (40648)
For exercises: Maja Novosel, Ph.
1.3. Associate teachers
D.
1.4. Study programme
undergraduate
(undergraduate, graduate,
integrated)
elective
1.5. Status of the course
1.6. Year and semester of study
1.7. Credit value (ECTS)
1.8. Type of instruction (number of
hours L+S+E+e-learning)
1.9. Expected enrolment in the
course
2
4
Weekly: 2 L + 1 E;
Total in semester: 30 L + 15 E + 0 S + 0 e-learning
20
1.10. Level of use of e-learning
(1, 2, 3 level), percentage of
instruction in the course on
line (20% maximum)
2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
2.1. Course objectives
2.2. Enrolment requirements
and required entry
competences for the
course
2.3. Learning outcomes at the
level of the study
programme to which the
course contributes
2.4. Expected learning
outcomes at the level of
the course (4-10 learning
outcomes)
2.5. Course content broken
down in detail by weekly
To present main characteristics of life and processes in the sea to the students, as well as their global importance, threats and need for its
protection. After successfully passing the exam students will be able to use the acquired knowledge to understand and research the
processes which take place in marine organisms on molecular and cellular level.
none
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Recognition of the global importance of the life in the sea
Explanation of the connection between processes which take place in marine organisms on molecular and cellular level and the
marine environment
Valuation the need and usefulness of intra- and interdisciplinary collaboration in modern biology
Development of active learning and critical thinking
After successfully passing the exam students will be able to:
- List and differentiate basic groups of marine organisms and habitats
- Recognise main characteristics of life in the sea
- Recognise connection between processes which take place in marine organisms on molecular and cellular level and the
particularities of marine environment
- Define endangerment of the life in the sea and justify need for its protection
- Explain the need for intra- and interdisciplinary collaboration in sea research
Lectures:
1
class schedule (syllabus)
2.6. Type of instruction
1. Introductory remarks, general terms, Global distribution of marine organisms and habitats
2. Chemical and physical factors in the marine environment
3. Methods of the sea research
4. Ecological and evolutionary principles
5. Adaptation of organisms to life in the sea
6. Reproduction, distribution and migration of marine organisms
7. Organisms in the water column (plankton, nekton)
8. Organisms on the sea bed (benthos)
9. Examples of some benthic communities (photophilic algae, sea-grass beds, estuaries, marine caves, coral reefs)
10. Life in the deep sea
11. Productivity and food webs in the sea, cycling of matter and energy flow in the sea
12. Biodiversity in the sea and its preservation
13. Anthropogenic impact on the sea and the use of renewable biological resources from the sea
14. Sustainability of human activities development in connection to the sea
15. Protection and preservation of the Adriatic Sea
Exercises are thematically connected to lectures: research methods (introduction to work with water sampler, grab, corers, plankton nets
etc.), inspection of different samples of planktonic organisms, samples of sediment from beaches and deeper parts of the sea, algal
herbaria, samples of benthic organisms from the Adriatic Sea – wet and dry preparations
x lectures
seminars and workshops
x exercises
online in entirety
mixed e-learning
field work
independent study
multimedia and the internet
laboratory
work with the mentor
2.7. Comments:
(other)
2.8. Student responsibilities
Regular attendance of lectures and exercises, active participation in lectures and exercises, writing homework
2.9. Screening of student’s
work (specify the
proportion of ECTS credits
for each activity so that
the total number of CTS
credits is equal to the
credit value of the
course)):
Class attendance
Experimental work
Essay
Tests
Written exam
1
1
Research
Report
Seminar essay
Oral exam
Practical training
2
Project
(Other--describe)
(Other—describe)
(Other—describe)
2
2.1. Grading and evaluation of
student work over the
course of instruction and
at a final exam
Activity during course of instruction and writing homework (20 %), short written tests during course (30 %), final oral exam (50 %)
Title
2.2. Required literature
(available at the library
and via other media)
2.12. Optional literature (at
the time of the
submission of the study
programme proposal)
Number of
copies at
the library
Availability via other media
10
In digital form
In digital form
http://www.dzzp.hr/publikacije/prirucnici/bioloskaraznolikost-hrvatske-prirucnici-za-inventarizacijui-pracenje-stanja-536.html
Internal script
Lecture presentations
Bakran-Petricioli, T. (2007): Marine habitats – Manual for inventorying
and monitoring (series Biological diversity of Croatia; ISBN 978-9537169-31-2). State Institute for Nature Protection, Zagreb, 56 pp. +
Appendix 102 pp. (in Croatian)
Bakran-Petricioli, T. (2011): Manual for marine habitats determination
in Croatia according to Habitat Directive of EU (ISBN 978-953-716984-8). State Institute for Nature Protection, Zagreb, 184 pp. (in
Croatian)
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Selected parts of following textbooks:
Castro, P & Huber, ME (2005) Marine Biology, McGraw Hill, New York, SAD
Lalli, CM & Parsons, TR (1994) Biological Oceanography: An Introduction, Pergamon, Elsevier Science, Oxford, UK
Levinton, JS (2001) Marine Biology (Function, Diversity, Ecology), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
2.13. Methods of monitoring
quality that ensure
acquisition of exit
competences
Through internal anonymous evaluation of the course and the lecturer in framework of the course, as well as the official anonymous
evaluation performed by the University/Faculty/Department
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