Course: Field Marine Biology

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Course title Field Marine Biology
Course code ZOO/MOREX
Organizational form of instruction Field Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Veselý Milan, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Uvíra Vladimír, RNDr. Dr.
Course content
Excursion to the sea cost of Adriatic sea. Students learn the most common representatives of Adriatic marine Fauna living in the shelf-zone. Theoretical part includes overview on the systematics, anatomy, morphology and ecology of the major groups of marine organisms. In practical part, marine animals and plants are collected and presented. The collecting animals include snorkelling as well as diving into deeper depths. Students will practise sorting and determination of marine organisms using both micro- and macroscopic characters.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
An introduction to systematics and ecology of common representatives of Adriatic marine Fauna living in the shelf-zone.
In the excursion to the Adriatic Sea, students are introduced with an overview of the most common marine fauna occurring in the coastal zone. Students try out classification and determination of macro-and microscopic marine organisms.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of anatomy and morphology of invertebrate organisms.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance

Active participation in class. Student must be able to present and discuss the basic facts of the above thematic areas. Cognition of organisms.
Recommended literature
  • Bergbauer, M., Humberg, B.. (2001). Co žije ve Středozemním moři?.
  • Riedl, R.. (1970). Fauna und flora der Adria. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburk, Berlin.
  • Tietz, D. . (1998). Stručný přehled bezobratlých Středozemního moře. JU České Budějovice.


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