Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
BİH.BTB42820122510	AKUATİK EKOSİSTEMLER VE YÖNETİMİ	Compulsory	0	0	3

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is • to teach aquatic ecosystems problems and management

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	To have the knowledge about organisms living in aquatic ecosystems and the ecosystem
2	To have knowledge about positive and negative environmental impacts on the aquatic ecosystem is an idea
3	To have the knowledge about aquatic ecosystem protection and management

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

• The definition of aquatic ecology • Importance history and scope of the (lakes, rivers,seas, bays, coral reefs, lagoons and ekotonlar). • Geomorphological features of aquatic ecosystems • Lakes zonasyon: 1-pelagic, benthic (marginal, littoral and profundal), marine zonasyon: 1-pelagic, 2-benthic (intralitotal, sirkalitoral, batial and abyssal), riversslope (where the current flows faster) and flat (slow discharge) areas of general ecological characteristics of rivers: • River ecosystems, succession and adaptation, • Stream eutrophication, and the ecological effects of dam construction, • River ecosystems, • Food chains and nets. • Aquatic factors affecting biological diversity • The effects of global climate change on aquatic ecosystems • The effects of sea level rise • Melting of the polar regions • Ice-covered lakes in direct interactions with the atmosphere • The possible ecological changes in these systems • The rising temperatures solubility of gasesand their effects on the metabolism of living things

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction and importance of subject
2	Date of aquatic ecology
3	Lotic and lentic systems
4	Classification of the lake and the marine environment and organisms
5	Geomorphological features of the aquatic ecosystem
6	Abiotic environmental conditions that affect ecosystem
7	Properties that affect the lake and marine life
8	Midterm Exam
9	Effects on organisms and the ecological changes in aquatic ecosystems
10	Hydrothermal resources and ecosystems of cold-water leak
11	Human impact of the aquatic ecosystem
12	Problems and solutions in aquatic ecosystem
13	Aquatic ecosystem protection and management
14	Aquatic ecosystem management plan criteria should be considered
15	Effects on organisms and the ecological changes in aquatic ecosystems
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1 Sağlam. E., N., 2010. Akuatik Ekosistemler Ve Yönetimi. Basılmamış ders notları Other References 2 Strategic Management of Marine Ecosystems : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Strategic Management of Marine Ecosystems, Nice, France, IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences), Eugene Levner (Editor), et al., Springer, ISBN: 1402031580 3 Seyhan K. ve Başusta N., 2008. Kıyısal Ekosistem, 204s. no:1263, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	14	4	56
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	10	2	20
Individual Study for Final Examination	10	2	20
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12
LO1	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
LO2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
LO3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High