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Course Name	Turkish	Biyojeokimya
	English	Biogeochemistry
Course Code	YSB 605E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Nazlı Olğun Kıyak Nazlı Olğun Kıyak
Course Objectives		1. Introduce the linkages between the living organisms and abiotic environments. 2. Develop an understanding of the basic biogeochemical processes in the atmosphere, lithosphere and aqueous environments. 3. Develop an understanding of the nutrient cycling, organic matter production and ecosystems. 4. Introduce the global cycling of water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and their impacts on global climate.
Course Description		Biogeochemistry is the study of chemical, physical, geological and biological processes that control the natural environment. This course introduces the student to the biogeochemistry of the atmosphere, the lithosphere, biosphere and the ocean. Also, the course will also include the global cycling of key elements like carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus and their interaction with global climate.
Course Outcomes		Students who take this course to gain knowledge, skills and proficiency in the following subjects; 1. Basics of the field of biogeochemistry and origins of systems like atmosphere and ocean, 2. Atmospheric composition, circulation and biogeochemical process in troposphere and stratosphere, 3. Lithospheric process like rock weathering and soil formation, 4. Photosynthesis and respiration in the terrestrial environment and production of organic matter, 5. Nutrient cycling in terrestrial environments and human impact on terrestrial biogeochemistry, 6. Organic matter production and microbial and anaerobic metabolism process in wetland and inland waters, 7. Ocean composition and marine carbon and nutrient cycles, sediment diagenesis and biogeochemistry. 8. Global biogeochemical cycles of water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and their linkage to global climate. 9. Investigating environmental impacts of a selected biogeochemical process.
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Other References		• Biogeochemistry An Analysis of Global Change, W. H. Schlesinger and E. S. Bernhardt, 3rd Edition, 2013, Academic Press, ISBN 978-0-12-385874-0. • Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry, Libes S, 2nd Edition, 2009, Elsevier, ISBN 9780-12-088530-5. • Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology, F. S. Chapin III, P. A. Matson and H. A. Mooney, 2002, Springer, ISBN 0-387-95439-2.

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