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Description of Individual Course UnitsCourse Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | FBİ628 | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | Compulsory | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Level of Course Unit | Second Cycle | Objectives of the Course | Learning of importance, characters and abiotic and biotic factors of aquatic ecosystems. | Name of Lecturer(s) | Doç. Dr. Beyhan TAŞ | Learning Outcomes | 1 | They learn that ecosystem concept and ecosystem work. | 2 | They learn that aquatic ecosystems importance, physic-chemical and biologic variables; and they can explain their relation. | 3 | They learn about productivity, substance and energy flowing in the aquatic ecosystems. | 4 | They have an idea about primary productivity measurement. | 5 | They can explain that aquatic ecosystems effecting factors. |
| Mode of Delivery | Formal Education | Prerequisites and co-requisities | None | Recommended Optional Programme Components | None | Course Contents | Definition of ecosystem, importance of aquatic ecosystems, abiotic and biotic factors influencing on aquatic ecosystems, matter and energy changes among elements constituting aquatic ecosystems, entering and going out principal matters to ecosystems, food circle in lake surroundings, primer production, secondary production, net production concept, estimate methods and factors affecting primer production. | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
1 | Definition of ecosystem, general characters of ecosystem
| | | 2 | Importance of aquatic ecosystem
| | | 3 | Abiotic characters of aquatic ecosystem
| | | 4 | Abiotic characters of aquatic ecosystem
| | | 5 | Biotic characters of aquatic ecosystem
| | | 6 | Biotic characters of aquatic ecosystem
| | | 7 | Function of aquatic ecosystem: substance and energy flow
| | | 8 | Midterm exam | | | 9 | Energy and productivity in the aquatic ecosystem
| | | 10 | Primer, seconder and amount productivity in the aquatic ecosystem
| | | 11 | Primary productivity effected factors
| | | 12 | Prediction methods of primary productivity | | | 13 | Extreme aquatic habitats and their ecology
| | | 14 | Determinant of exotic species to ecosystem in the aquatic ecosystems
| | | 15 | Effect of spherical heating up to aquatic ecosystems
| | | 16 | Final exam | | |
| Recommended or Required Reading | Lampert, W. & Sommer, U., 2007. Limnoecology: The Ecology of Lakes and Streams. 2nd ed., Oxford University Press Inc., New York.
Dugan, P.J., 1990. Sulak Alanların Korunması:Güncel Konular ve Gerekli Çalışmalar Üzerine Bir İnceleme. DHKD, İstanbul.
Wetzel, R.G., 2001. Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, Academic Press, USA.
Şişli, M.N., 1996. Çevre Bilim Ekoloji. Yeni Fersa Matbaacılık, Ankara.
Kocataş, A., 1992. Ekoloji ve Çevre Biyolojisi. Ege Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Fakültesi Yayınları No:51, Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, Bornova-İzmir.
| 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 | Turkish | Work Placement(s) | None |
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Midterm Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | Quiz | 14 | 4 | 56 | Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 5 | 7 | 35 | Individual Study for Final Examination | 5 | 8 | 40 | |
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | LO1 | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | LO2 | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | LO3 | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | LO4 | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | LO5 | 5 | | | | | | 5 | |
| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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