Course code: BIO-3527
Marine Botany II
Campus
Semester / Year
Spring 2012
Credits
10
NOTE! This course belongs to a previous semester/year
About the course
The main themes are:
- Geophysical growth regime of northern phytoplankton
(hydrophysics, elements and irradiance)
- Communities and dynamics (species composition, taxonomy,
ice flora, bloom dynamics)
- Selected themes, e.g. "biological pump", "usefulness of field
research"
- Extensive written project in scientific format in English
Objectives of the course
The course deals with important basic (classical) and advanced aspects of high latitude phytoplankton, i.e. the species of northern microalgae communities and characteristics of the environment they thrive in. It builds on BIO-3526 that shall qualify to write a extensive project.
Prerequisites
Teaching methods
The written project will be tutored in groups and during seminars.
Assessment
Evaluation of written project. Pass/not pass.
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