bio360 - Marine Biodiversity (Course overview)

bio360 - Marine Biodiversity (Course overview)

Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences 15 KP
Module components Semester courses Examination
Lecture
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    • PD Dr. Mona Hoppenrath
    • Prof. Dr. Pedro Miguel Martinez Arbizu
    • Dr. Achim Wehrmann

    Dates on Tuesday, 02.04.2024 - Friday, 05.04.2024, Monday, 08.04.2024 - Friday, 12.04.2024, Monday, 15.04.2024 - Friday, 19.04.2024, Mon ...(more)
Exercises
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    • PD Dr. Mona Hoppenrath
    • Prof. Dr. Pedro Miguel Martinez Arbizu
    • Dr. Achim Wehrmann

    Dates on Tuesday, 02.04.2024 - Friday, 05.04.2024, Monday, 08.04.2024 - Friday, 12.04.2024, Monday, 15.04.2024 - Friday, 19.04.2024, Mon ...(more)
Seminar
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    • PD Dr. Mona Hoppenrath
    • Prof. Dr. Pedro Miguel Martinez Arbizu
    • Dr. Achim Wehrmann

    Dates on Tuesday, 02.04.2024 - Friday, 05.04.2024, Monday, 08.04.2024 - Friday, 12.04.2024, Monday, 15.04.2024 - Friday, 19.04.2024, Mon ...(more)
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PLEASE NOTE:
Additional conditions regarding attendance and ungraded activities as determined by the persons responsible for the module will apply.
Skills to be acquired in this module

++ biological knowledge
++ knowledge of biological working methods
+ interdisciplinary knowledge & thinking
+ abstract, logical, analytical thinking
++ deepened expertise in biological specialist field
++ independent learning and (research-based) working
++ data presentation and evidence-based discussion (written and spoken)
+ teamwork
+ (scientific) communication skills
+ project and time management

By active participation the students acquire the following knowledge/abilities/qualification:
* Preparation and organization of sampling
* Keeping organisms – field study
* Marine deposits, development of marine sediments and their effects on the fauna
* Methods of meiofauna and macrofauna sampling, also plankton sampling
* Methods of quantitative community analysis
* Diversity comparison of various sites applying statistical methods
* Multivariate statistics for correlation of biocenoses and environmental variables
* Biocenoses of marine habitats
* Biology, morphology, systematics, behaviour and ecology of selected taxa in marine water systems
* Formulation and definition of scientific questions and selection of methods
* Habitat and biocenoses, interstitial, littoral (lotic, lenitic), diversity
* Planning behavioural experiments
* Presentation and discussion of scientific results
* Independent scientific work in groups and presentation of results