Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Deniz ortamında Ekolojik Süreçler; Giriş
	English	Introduction to Marine Ecological Processes
Course Code	DEN 319E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	5	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Oya Okay Sevil Deniz Yakan Dündar
Course Objectives		The goal of this course is to introduce students to the marine environment and many types of communities associated with it and provide students with a general understanding of marine ecological processes. The course focuses on the human impact on the sea by giving the global ecological issues, problems and solutions.
Course Description		The course topics cover the general information about the fate and effects of major pollutants in marine ecosystems, research and pollution monitoring studies, pollution results from the shipyards and actions to be taken and global environmental problems.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will have the information about the following topics: I. Introduction to ecology; II. Ecosystems science and the marine environment; III. Comparison of terrestial and marine ecosystems; IV. Classification of marine environment; Functioning of marine ecosystems; Energy flow; the carbon and mineral (nutient) cycling; V. Food chain in marine systems; VI. Phytoplankton and primary production; VII. Consumers in marine environments; VIII. Ecological environments in marine ecosystems; IX. Long-term and large-scale change in marine ecosystems; Ecological monitoring and related activities; Human impact on the sea; Global ecological issues, problems and solutions.
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Valiela , I., 1995. Marine Ecological Processes, Springer –Verlag publ., New York.
Other References		1. Lecture Notes 2. Lalli,C. M. and Parsons, T. R., 1997. Biological Oceanography: An introduction. Butterworth-Heinemann publ., Oxford. 3. Castro, P. and Huber, M. E. Marine Biology, 2003, McGraw-Hill publ., New York. 4. Ricklefs, R.E. and Miller, G. L., 2000. Ecology. W.H. Freeman and Company publ. , New York. 5. Çepel, N. Ekolojik sorunlar ve çözümleri. 2003, TÜBİTAK Yayınları, Ankara.

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