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Course Name	Turkish	Deniz Ortamlarında Ekotoksikoloji
	English	Ecotoxicology in the Marine Environments
Course Code	DEN 436E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	2	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Oya Okay
Course Objectives		Provide a basic theoretical knowledge and understanding of 1. ecotoxicology in related to marine science and marine pollution 2. pollution in related on ship/shipyard activities and 3. global environmental problems
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. Major classes of pollutants in marine ecosystems and routes by which pollutants enter marine ecosystems. II. The fate of pollutants in different matrices (water, sediment, organism) of marine ecosystems III. Effects of pollutants on marine organisms IV. Monitoring and research in the marine ecosystems V. Pollution results from the shipyards/ships and actions to prevent the pollution from those activities VI. Global environmental problems (Presentations by the students) VII. Power point presentation hints (Presentation by the lecturer)
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Textbook		Walker, C.H., Hopkin, S. P. , Sibly, R.M. & Peakall, D.B. 1996. Principles of Ecotoxicology. Taylor and Francis Ltd., London
Other References		Lalli, C.M. and Parsons, T.R. 1997. Biological Oceanography; An introduction. (Other References) Butterworth-Heinemann Publ., Oxford. Landis, W. G. & Yu, M.-Ho. 1995. Introduction to Environmental Toxicology; Impacts of Chemicals Upon Ecological Systems. CRC Press Inc., Florida Rand, G.M. 1995. Fundamentals of Aquatic Toxicolgy. Taylor & Francis Ltd., Philadelphia Walker, C.H. & Livingstone D.R. 1992. Persistent Pollutants in Marine Ecosystems. Pergamon Press Ltd., Oxford

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