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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | FBİ626 | RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN HYDROBIOLOGY | Compulsory | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | Second Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | Application and learning of qualitative and quantitative research methods in hydrobiology. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Prof. Dr. Beyhan TAŞ | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | They acquire useable knowledge and talent about basic morphometric characters, their using and problems | | 2 | They can analyze freshwater physic-chemical caharacters with define this | | 3 | They can investigate about qualitative and quantitative with doing algae method | | 4 | They can investigate about basic characters and problems of water source and solution to problems | | 5 | |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Formal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | Methods used to determine biomass in aquatic environments, with aim to qualitative and quantitative analysis of phytoplankton, phytoplankton counting techniques and their comparisons, volumetric analyses, investigating of other methods and pigment analyses, evaluations of results, with aim to determine of physicochemical and biological features, taking water and organism samples and protect techniques by analyses, analysis techniques, comprising with together of these methods, used criteria in choosing method. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Introduction, main research methods in hydrobiology
| | | | 2 | Lake and stream habitats’ morometrics characters being definited, GPS, plumb line, navigassion etc. using | | | | 3 | Determination of physical properties of freshwater, measurement of light permeability, secchi disc method, determination of seston (TSS)
| | | | 4 | Determination of turbidity, using turbidimetre
| | | | 5 | Determination of chemical characters, measurement Methods of dissolved oxygen | | | | 6 | pH analysis, conductivity (EC) measurement, TDS measurement
| | | | 7 | Nutrients analysis, spectrophotometric method
| | | | 8 | Midterm exam
| | | | 9 | Nutrients analysis, spectrophotometric method
| | | | 10 | Nutrients analysis, spectrophotometric method
| | | | 11 | Introduction of biological analysis, floristic researches
| | | | 12 | Planktonic algae collection, fixing and identification
| | | | 13 | Benthic algae colletion, fixing and identification
| | | | 14 | Count methods
| | | | 15 | Analysis of chlorophyll-a and other photosentetic pigments from algae
| | | | 16 | Final exam | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | 1 Wetzel, R. G., and G. E. Likens. 1991. Limnological Analyses. 2nd Edition. Springer-Verlag. New York. Flow and velocity: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ1123/collection.html.
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2 APHA. 2000. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 21st ed. Eaton, A.D., Clesceri, L.C. and Greenberg, A. E. (eds.). American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
3 Hauer, F.R. & Lamberti, G.A., 2007. Methods in Stream Ecology. Second Edition, Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, USA.
4 Hötzel, G. & Croome, R., 1999. A Phytoplankton Methods Manual for Australian Freshwaters, Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation, Canberra.
| | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| SUM | 0 | |
| SUM | 0 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Practice | 8 | 3 | 24 | | Laboratory | 8 | 3 | 24 | | Case Study | 8 | 4 | 32 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 6 | 4 | 24 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 7 | 4 | 28 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | LO3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | LO4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | LO5 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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