3744.08 - Aquatic Ecology: Field course:
Course number
3744.08
Title
Aquatic Ecology: Field course:
ECTS
3
Purpose
To learn how to collect biological and chemical samples in the field and how to analyse the samples.
To learn how to identify the most common animal- and plant species in freshwater and the sea and studies of environmental influences on composition, distribution and abundance.
Content
One day will focus on rivers. River fauna will be collected and identified. Changes in the fauna through the river and factors causing these changes will be studied.
Two days will focus on benthic flora and fauna in a Faroese fjord. Algae and fauna are collected from the littoral and sublittoral zone. Environmental influences on distribution and abundance will be studied.
In the last three days nutrients, oxygen, phyto- and zooplankton and physical environmental parameters in a Faroese fjord will be studied. An ecological analysis of plankton and abiotic environmental parameters that are affecting plankton distribution, abundance and production will be carried out.
Learning and teaching approaches
6 days field- and laboratory work and report writing.
Assessment method
Adoption of report