Code: BIOL-265
Semester: D
Course Type: Core
Course website: Course Website
Course units: 3
ECTS units: 4
Hours per week: Theory - 3 hours

Instructors

Professor: Karakassis Ioannis
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Office phone number:  +30 2810 394061
Lab phone number:  +30 2810 394408

 

Professor: Koumoundouros George
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Office phone number:  +30 2810 394065
Lab phone number:  +30 2810 394066

Description

Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences: Introductory university-level course dealing with the biology/ecology of marine organism.

Course contents:   The ocean as a habitat, some ecological and biological concepts. Classification of the marine environment. Physical and chemical properties of sea water. The ocean in motion. Marine primary producers. Benthic communities. The pelagic realm: zooplankton and nekton. Human intervention in the sea.