1. Understand, describe and interpret the inferactions of organisms within the aceanic ecosystem, including dos relations with physical, chemical and climatio processes.
2. Know the biological processes in the pelagic environment of the warid ocaan, inckiding:
a) Primary and secondary production
b) Recualino process
c) Open Ocean, sheil end upwelling production
1. General ecological principles relating to the ocean and description of the ocean environment.
2. Physical factors influencing primary productivity
3. Primary production and productivity:
3. 1 Phytoplankton. Diversity and Ecology HABs.
3.2 Oxygon relationshios and anoxic conditions.
3.3 Numents and productivity, breakdown of organic material, and regeneration of nutrients; Microbial loop
3.4 Biogoochemical cyclos: C. N. P. Fo and Si and primary production.
3.5 Carbon sink and Climatic regulation.
4. Pelagic secondary production (zooplankton)
5. Food webs. Herbivory and vertical migrations. Nekton, Diversity, organisation, and interaction. Importance or verticat flux of organics in the water column, implications of vertical migration. Food web dynamics and acosystem functioning.
The course will be taught in 4h weekly sessions. The theoretical concepts taught in lectures are complemented by more interactive and practical classes, including fielddwork and computer and lab sessions. Students will be exposed to routine sampling, dafa acquisition, and treatment techniques. Practical classes will often be subiect to evaluation by delivering scientific reports, where students should be able to demonstrate the abity to relate the concentual framework to explain and discuss the observed phenomena critically. This practical work is planned to stimulate scientific curasily and reasoning and universal work skills such as teamwork. Some working sheets and written assessments will also be given to the students during practical classes to promove self Jearning and conceptual consolidation through practical exercises
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