| Code |
Course Name |
Language |
Type |
| GMI 315 |
Marine Ecology |
Turkish |
Elective |
| Local Credits |
ECTS |
Theoretical |
Tutorial |
Laboratory |
| 3 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction |
| Prerequisites |
None |
| Class Restriction |
None |
| Course Description |
| Marine environment in general. Currents, waves and coastal processes. Life in the pelagic and benthic zones. Estuaries, wetlands
and intertidal zones. Ecological principles and notions; biodiversity. Population dynamics; reproduction strategies. Dispersion,
migration and invasion. Resources, profit and competition, food chains. Predator-prey relationship. Fisheries ecology.
Conservation; factors that affect marine biodiversity, climate change, anthropogenic factors, overexploitation, sustainability. |
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