Content of lectures: 1, Marine environment (basic characteristic, comparison with freshwater and terrestrial ecosystem); 2, Deep sea (environmental characteristics - light, pressure, temperature, oxygen; adaptations; bioluminiscence; hydrothermal vent and cold seep communities); 3, Open sea (plankton - flotation mechanisms, primary production, nekton - swimming mechanisms, migration, adaptation of birds and mammals to diving); 4, Shallow sea, intertidal zone and estuaries (environmental characteristics - sandy, muddy, rocky shores, seagrass and kelp forests communities; adaptations; productivity); 5, Tropical sea (coral reefs and mangroves; species richness; symbiotical relationships); 6, Algae and plants; 7, "Porifera", Cnidaria, Ctenophora; 8, Ectoprocta, Annelida, Sipuncula, Nemertea, Echiura; 9, Mollusca, Platyhelminthes; 10, Crustacea, Echinodermata; 11, Chordata I; 12, Chordata II; 13, Human impact (fisheries, mariculture, eutrofization/pollution, global warming)
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
- Preparation for classes
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 50 hours per semester
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Fishes of the world, Nelson J.S. 2006, John Wiley & Sons..
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Invertebrate zoology, Ruppert E.E. & Barnes R.D. 1994, Saunders College Publishing, Fort Worth..
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Marine biology: An ecological approach, Nybakken J.W. & Bertness M.D. 2001, Benjamin Cummings..
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Marine biology: Function, biodiversity, ecology, Levinton J.S. 2008, Oxford University Press..
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