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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