Advanced Marine Ecology

Course ID: M3101C35

Credits: 3

Objective: Marine ecology is the science that studies marine organisms and their relationship with the marine environment. Its main content is to explore individual organisms, populations, communities and the entire marine ecosystem. Therefore, it is about the reproduction of various marine organisms. Growth, habitat nutrition, quantity distribution and their relationship with organic and inorganic environmental factors, the characteristics and rules of the natural combination of marine biological communities, the composition of different ecological groups (plankton, nekton organisms, etc.), Distribution, quantity changes and their relationship with the marine environment all belong to the scope of marine ecology. Thus, this course will be introduced from four aspects: marine environment types, ecological processes, ecosystems (including estuaries, reefs, coral reefs, etc.) and impacts to enhance understanding of the ecological processes and impacts with their relevance to the fisheries industry.

Course Prerequisites: oceanography

Outline:

This course will be introduced from four aspects: marine environment types, ecological processes, ecosystems (including estuaries, reefs, oceans, deep seas, coral reefs, etc.) and their associations. In addition, Some important fishery organisms were also introduced to enhance the perception of ecology with the economic objects (fisheries and marine aquaculture industry). The group discussion in special topic including the climate change, human impacts (i.e. wind farms) and related SDGs objects were also arranged and designed for enhancing the ecology capacity in future.

Teaching Method:  

This course should be lecture using PPT slide or video, and especially for the selected special topic. Otherwise, the group discussion and student interview were also carried out in the class.

Reference:  Marine ecology