Course: Ethology of Aquatic Organisms

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Course title Ethology of Aquatic Organisms
Course code VURH/EAOD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Buřič Miloš, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kouba Antonín, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Study supporting materials at e-learning portal of USB (LMS Moodle): https://elearning.jcu.cz/course/view.php?id=2449 Recommended literature: Alcock, J., 2001. Animal behavior. 7th edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts. Aquiloni, L., Tricarico, E., 2015.Social recognition in invertebrates, The knowns ans the unknowns. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. 266s. Breithaupt, T., Thiel, M., 2011. Chemical communication in Crustaceans. Springer Science+Bussiness Media, New York, USA. 565s. Danchin, E., Girauldeau, L.-A., Cézilly, F., 2012. Behavioural Ecology. Oxford University Press.. 874s. Keeling, L.J., Gonyou, H.W., 2001: Social Behaviour in Farm Animals, CABI Publishing, ISBN 0-85199-397-4. Krebs, J.R., Davies, D.B., 1997 Behavioural Ecology: an evolutionary approach, 4th Edition. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, 456s. M?ller, A.P., Milinsky, M., Slater, P.J.B., 2004. Stress and Behavior In: Advances in the Study of Behavior (Volume 27) Sla. Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 552s.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory, Individual preparation for exam, Individual tutoring, Project-based learning
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The main target of this subject is to mediate an understanding to behavioural relationships of aquatic organisms towards their concrete reactions (manifestation) induced by external or internal stimuli. Ethology is scientific discipline (with a varied history and development of intellectual approaches) studying animal behaviour, but with considerable overlaps to other scientific disciplines.
Absolvent reach knowledge in the field of ethology of freshwater organisms. Absolvent will reach also knowledge about possibilities how to use behaviour of aquatic animals in scientific work. Absolvent will developed skills in the methodological and analytical work with an ethological sofware.
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites are basic knowledge about ethology of freshwater animals. Skills developed in the methodological and analytical work with an ethological sofware.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Test

Credit: work in ethological software: practical and oral examination (an individual project-semestral work), a written test. Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Alcock, John. Animal behavior : an evolutionary approach. Tenth edition. Sunderland, Massachusetts U.S.A. : Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, 2013. ISBN 978-0-87893-966-4.
  • Aquiloni, Laura; Tricarico, Elena. Social recognition in invertebrates : the knowns and the unknowns. Cham ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2015. ISBN 978-3-319-37680-6.
  • Breithaupt, Thomas; Thiel, Martin. Chemical communication in crustaceans. New York : Springer, 2011. ISBN 978-0-387-77100-7.
  • Danchin, Etienne,; Giraldeau, Luc-Alain,; Cézilly, Frank. Behavioural ecology. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-920629-2.
  • Keeling, L. J.; Gonyou, H. W. Social behaviour in farm animals. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2001.
  • Krebs, J. R.; Davies, N. B. Behavioural ecology : an evolutionary approach. 4th ed. Oxford : Blackwell, 1997. ISBN 0-86542-731-3.
  • Lorenz, Konrad; Rýdl, Miroslav,; Bičík, Vítězslav,; Kamarýt, Jan. Základy etologie : srovnávací výzkum chování. Vyd. 1. Praha : Academia, 1993. ISBN 80-200-0477-7.
  • M?ller, Anders Pape; Milinski, Manfred; Slater, Peter James Bramwell. Advances in the study of behavior. Vol. 27, Stress and behavior. San Diego : Academic Press, 1998. ISBN 0-12-004527-3.
  • Veselovský, Zdeněk; Dungel, Jan. Etologie : biologie chování zvířat. Vyd. 1. Praha : Academia, 2005. ISBN 80-200-1331-8.


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